Pill

Authors

  • Jason Mosser Georgia Gwinnett College Author

Keywords:

poetry, 1960s, pharmaceuticals, moon landing, counterculture

Abstract

In this poem, the pill, from the 1960s birth control pill and psychedelics through the Apollo moon landing to today’s designer drugs, becomes a figure for modern life.

Author Biography

  • Jason Mosser, Georgia Gwinnett College

    Jason Mosser is a Professor of English at Georgia Gwinnett College, the first new liberal arts college in the 21st century. He earned his BA and MA from West Virginia University and his PhD from the University of Georgia. His book on New Journalism, including a chapter on Mailer’s The Armies of the Night, was published in 2012. He has also published articles on Mailer and on Hunter S. Thompson, and is currently at work on a literary journalistic piece about West Virginia.

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Published

2018-10-25

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Creative Works

How to Cite

Mosser, Jason. “Pill”. The Mailer Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Oct. 2018, pp. 338–339, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/671.