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All Things in Common by Georgia poet Rupert Fike is a vibrant, multi-voiced poetry collection chronicling the rise of The Farm-a 1970s commune in rural Tennessee founded by hippies and activists seeking to redefine the American Dream. Through poems that blend social and personal history, Fike captures the idealism, absurdity, and raw humanity of a countercultural movement that pushed boundaries, questioned norms, and embraced community. With his signature blend of dark humor, tenderness, and hopeful vision, Fike invites readers into a world where utopia was improvised, lived, and sometimes stumbled over-offering a timely reminder of the enduring power of collective dreaming.
Rupert Fike's All Things in Common is a multi-voiced account of how a group of hippies and activists took the American Dream further than it had ever gone before-perhaps further than it was ever meant to go-transforming a patch of Tennessee wilderness into a makeshift utopia called The Farm. It interweaves social history and personal history in poems that are readable, quirky, tender and hilarious, full of Fike's trademark dark humor as well as an unfathomable and unreasonable hope for us all that's steeped in the true spirit of the best of American dreaming, just when we need it most.
- Cecilia Woloch, award-winning poet, teacher, and recipient of NEA and Fulbright Foundation fellowships
