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This page lists poetry books that have some sort of connection to the Grateful Dead. |
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Grandfather Rock: The New Poetry & the Old, David Morse, 1972 A book that pairs rock lyrics with their counterparts in classical poetry to show that poetry and rock are both based on the need to express human emotion. Includes a chapter on the lyrics of Casey Jones that compares Robert Hunter's lyrics to an anonymous poem, Joseph Mica. |
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| The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, Richard Brautigan, 1968 The seventh collection of Brautigan poems to be published. Includes the short Brautigan Poem The Day They Busted The Grateful Dead.
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| Far Away Radios, Robert M. Petersen, 1980 A book of poems by the occasional Dead lyricist Petersen. Includes one poem He Was A Friend Of Mine about Pigpen.
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| Rock Voices: The Best Lyrics Of An Era, Matt Damsker (Editor), 1980 This book of rock lyrics includes those of three Grateful Dead songs; Box Of Rain, Uncle John's Band and Cassidy.
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Duino Elegies, Rainer Maria Rilke, Translated by Robert Hunter, 1987 The original publication of Hunter's translation of Rilke's Duino Elegies. |
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| Alleys of the Heart : The Collected Poems of Robert M. Petersen, 1988 Introduction by Robert Hunter. Collected poems of Robert Petersen who wrote the lyrics for a handful of Grateful Dead songs including Unbroken Chain, New Potato Caboose and Pride Of Cucamonga.
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| Trout Fishing in America/The Pill versus the..../In Watermelon Sugar, Richard Brautigan, 1989 A collection that brings together two novels and a collection of poems. The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster includes the short Brautigan Poem The Day They Busted The Grateful Dead.
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A Box of Rain: Collected Lyrics Of, Robert Hunter, 1990 The original hardback edition of Box Of Rain. A collection of Hunter's song lyrics, for the Grateful Dead and others, up to 1990. |
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Night Cadre, Robert Hunter, 1991 The first collection of Robert Hunter's poetry to be published. |
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Idiot's Delight, Robert Hunter, 1992 The second collection of Robert Hunter's poetry to be published. |
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A Box of Rain: Lyrics 1965-1993, Robert Hunter, 1993 A paperback edition of Hunter's collected lyrics with additional songs and a new introduction by Hunter. |
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Sentinel, Robert Hunter, 1993 A new collection of Robert Hunter's poetry. |
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Infinity Minus Eleven: Poems, Robert Hunter, 1993 A limited edition publication of 13 previously unpublished Robert Hunter poems. |
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Duino Elegies / The Sonnets to Orpheus, Rainer Maria Rilke, Translated by Robert Hunter, 1993 A book that collects together Hunter's translation of Rilke's Duino Elegies, originally published in 1987, and his previously unpublished translation of The Sonnets To Orpheus. |
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| When the Grateful Dead Came to St. Louis, Charlotte Gordon, 1997 This book of poetry includes the title poem When the Grateful Dead Came to St. Louis.
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Glass Lunch, Robert Hunter, 1997 A new collection of poetry. |
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| Ancient Acid Flashes Back: Poems, Adrian C. Louis, 2000 The eleventh collection of poems by Louis focuses on Haight-Ashbury in the 1960's.
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| A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories, and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love, Caroline Kennedy, 2003 This book of songs, poems, stories and speeches includes the lyrics of the Hunter/Garcia song U.S. Blues.
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| Not Too Old to Rock and Roll, Robert Cooperman, 2003
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| A Tale of the Grateful Dead, Robert Cooperman, 2004 "A Tale of the Grateful Dead is a fully realized collection of humorous, bawdy, ironic verse on the human condition, modeled after Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and based on the Medieval folk tale of the Grateful Dead with allusions to the late Jerry Garcia and his band, The Grateful Dead."
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Last updated February 2020 |