Editing Ed Sanders (section)

{{Short description|American poet and activist (born 1939)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Ed Sanders
| image        = Ed Sanders at House Divided.png
| caption      = Sanders reading at the House Divided poetry event, [[Cooper Union]], April 2017
| birth_name   = Edward Sanders
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1939|08|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], U.S.
| years_active = 1958{{ndash}}present
| occupation   = {{flatlist|
* Poet
* author
* publisher
* social activist
* environmentalist
* musician
}}
| known_for    = [[The Fugs]]<br />''Poem from Jail'', City Lights Books, 1963<br />Woodstock Journal
| education    = [[New York University]]
| spouse       = {{marriage|Miriam Sanders|1967}}
| awards       = Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, American Book Award, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award
}}

'''Edward Sanders''' (born August 17, 1939) is an American poet, singer, activist, author, publisher and longtime member of the rock band [[the Fugs]]. He has been called a bridge between the [[Beat generation|Beat]] and [[hippie]] generations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/sanders.html|title=Fugs- Ed Sanders|website=Furious.com}}</ref> Sanders is considered to have been active and "present at the [[counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture's]] creation."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/books/fug-you-by-ed-sanders-review.html |title=Present at the Counterculture's Creation |last1=Ratliff |first1=Ben |date=January 11, 2012 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=6 May 2014}}</ref>