1968: The Global Revolutions

New Movements Rise > Please Plant This Book

Richard Brautigan’s self-published poetry work, Please Plant This Book, emerged from the counterculture, which stressed communal living and a return to the earth. Distributed in a free edition of 6,000 individual copies, the book’s seed packets and wistful poems speak to the era’s longing to connect with nature.

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