Poet and activist Ed Sanders grew up in Blue Springs, Missouri. He studied at the University of Missouri and New York University and earned a BA in ancient Greek. After college Sanders stayed in New York City, where he opened the Peace Eye Bookstore and started Fuck You/ A Magazine of the Arts. Deeply influenced by the work of Dylan Thomas, Ezra Pound, and Allen Ginsberg, Sanders helped bridge the concerns of Beat poetry and the countercultural movement of the 1960s.
· Fuck You/ A Magazine of the Arts
· Fuck You/ Press
References Consulted:
Clay, Steven and Rodney Phillips. A SECRET LOCATION ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE: ADVENTURES IN WRITING, 1960-1980
New York: New York Public Library / Granary Books, 1998
Marx, Jake. “Index to Fuck You / A Magazine of the Arts” in THE SERIF: QUARTERLY OF THE KENT STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, Volume VIII, Number 3
Kent: The Kent State University Libraries, September 1971
Sanders, Ed. FUG YOU: AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF THE PEACE EYE BOOKSTORE, THE FUCK YOU PRESS, THE FUGS, AND COUNTERCULTURE ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE
Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, 2011
Online Resources:
· Boo-Hooray – Ed Sanders: Fuck You / A Magazine of the Arts
· Detroit Artists Workshop – Ed Sanders interview
· From a Secret Location – Fuck You/ a magazine of the arts
· Gagosian Quarterly – Ed Sanders interview
· Reality Studio – Fuck You Press Archive
· Ubu Web – Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts (1962-1965)
· University of Delaware – Beat Visions and the Counterculture