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the openly social and political, particularly in con-

temporary America.

Lyons, Paul, Class of ’66: Living in Suburban Middle

America, Temple University Press, 1994.

Though the high school class of 1966 was a few years

prior to Hoagland’s own graduation, the lives of the

subjects in this book parallel those examined in much

of the poet’s work. Here, Lyons looks at what hap-

pened to a select group of white, middle-class sub-

urban kids who grew up in the era of Vietnam and

the Civil Rights movement. His findings should be

surprising to most readers.

Social Life

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