Do Angels Need Haircuts? literature Communism and Americanism

Communism and Americanism

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Do Angels Need Haircuts? literature Communism and AmericanismIn August of 1970, a 28 year old Lou Reed quit the Velvet Underground, moved home to Long Island, New York, and embarked on a fascinating alternate creative path: poetry. Do Angels Need Haircuts? is an extraordinary snapshot of this turning point in Reeds career. Gathering poems, photographs and ephemera from this era, and featuring a new foreword by Anne Waldman and an afterword by Laurie Anderson, this book provides a window to a little known