Reviews

"Lawrence Johns has coined new language and printed fresh uncirculated characters, who, for all their crisp edges and fine definition, seem somehow familiar. His book recreates the energy, the sex, the promise and the failures of the anarchic wing of the counter culture where I spent my youth as a member of The Diggers, his chosen subject. It's a good read."

Peter Coyote, actor and author of Sleeping Where I Fall

"A fantastic trip thru the daze, around the bay, and down the rabbithole! It kept the pace and vibe throughout. I particularly liked the interwoven transgression of the main characters - whether up, down, or into outer space. You successfully painted the momentary magical effect of disparate souls merging in the psychedelic matrix of time and space to make beautiful music together. And then just as suddenly to merge back into the primordial soul of their origins."

Tim Henwood, musician

"Does the name Emmett Grogan mean anything to you?
If not, it soon will.
Lawrence Johns has opened a portal in the fabric of time and invites us on a trip that some of us were born a little too late to see for ourselves. If you ever wished that you could Turn On and Drop Out with The Merry Pranksters, and The Diggers, here is a dose of paper you will want to pick up on. Love and Hate is an epic in verse which gives the reader a glimpse of the revolution in Haight-Ashbury during the late sixties. This is a beautiful story that tells how the hipsters created a soft place for Americas runaways to land and learn to love while the rest of the world boiled with hate."

Paige Morningstar, poet