A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost logo a rising young musician

a rising young musician

Poetry allowed Beckett to reconcile his penchant for opulent phrasing with his preference for minimalism

From Robert Johnson

Mason has harnessed the precision and power of the poet’s rapidly changing voice: from the delicate music of a poem such as “Crows” to the mature dissonance of the Illuminations

and updated to include all of his most recent work including the 2020 release of his 39th album

A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost logo a rising young musicianAuthor: Frye Gaillard Publisher: NewSouth Books With A Hard Rain Gaillard gives us a deeply personal history, bringing his keen storytellers eye to this pivotal time in American life. He explores the competing story arcs of tragedy and hope through the political and social movements of the times: civil rights, black power, womens liberation, the war in Vietnam, and the protests movements against it. Gaillard also examines the cultural manifestations