“What is the Underground Press? The youthful voice of rebellion. The exciting new style of journalism. The literature that Time assigns editors to follow from coast to coast. The movement that Esquire wraps an entire issue around. It’s what you’ve been reading about—and seeing just a smattering of. The Underground Digest selects and edits the best of the new press. The best of the Underground Press Syndicate, a group of regional publications with a combined circulation of nearly one half million. The best of all the lively new writing that characterizes an age of drastic change.” -Editors’ Note
Volume 1, Number 1 of the Underground Digest, a selection of countercultural essays, poetry, photography, and illustrations that span the breadth of late-’60s New Left interest—from the anti-war movement to Bonnie and Clyde, drug use to Joan Baez. -Printed Matter
