Hickman, Leland

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Co-editor of BOXCAR and a poet, Hickman was born in 1934 and died in 1991.

From the description of Boxcar, 1981. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 28988381

Editor of Temblor and a poet, Hickman was born in 1934 and died in 1991.

From the description of Temblor, 1985-1990. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 28988367

Editor of BACHY and a poet, Hickman was born in 1934 and died in 1991.

From the description of Bachy, 1977-1981. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 28988338

Actor, poet, and editor, Leland Hickman was born 15 September 1934 in Santa Barbara, CA.

From the early 1950s to late 1960s Hickman worked as an actor in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. In 1967 he began his literary career, publishing in THE HUDSON REVIEW a part of his long meditational work TIRESIAS. From 1977 to 1981, Hickman worked as editor of BACHY, a magazine sponsored by Papa Bach Bookstore in Los Angeles. In 1981 he co-founded the magazine BOXCAR with Paul Vangelisti, another Los Angeles poet. In 1985, Hickman founded TEMBLOR, a magazine soon famous for its publication of American experimental writers such as Susan Howe, John Taggart, Charles Bernstein, Ron Silliman, Michael Palmer, and others. Hickman died in Los Angeles in 1991.

From the description of Papers, 1950-1991. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 28988322

Biography

Leland Hickman was born on September 15, 1934, in Santa Barbara, California. He moved with his family to Bakersfield, lived on a farm in Carpinteria, and returned to Santa Barbara where he attended high school. In addition to acting in high school plays, Hickman performed in local theatre productions of the Children's Theatre of Santa Barbara and the Group L Theatre Workshop. He graduated from high school in June 1952. Hickman attended the University of California at Santa Barbara and later studied at Berkeley, where he played with the Berkeley Drama Guild.

After a tour in the Army, he moved to New York City to continue his career in theatre. Hickman toured nationally with the Bishop's Company in 1957, worked in the Canal-Fulton Summer Theatre in Ohio in the summer of 1958, and performed with the Equity Library Theatre in New York City. He subsequently studied on scholarship at the New York Academy of the American Shakespeare Festival. In 1961, Hickman returned to California to play at the Equity Library Theatre West in Los Angeles. He remained in Los Angeles for three years, then returned to New York. In 1969, Hickman moved again to Los Angeles, then to San Francisco briefly, and finally settled back in Los Angeles in 1971.

Leland Hickman's literary career began in the middle 1960's. In 1967, The Hudson Review published "Lee Sr Falls to the Floor," an introductory poem to Hickman's major work, Tiresias, his "ongoing long-poem" about his feelings for mankind, poetics, and America. Hickman continued to write poetry through the 1970's. A section of Tiresias entitled The Great Slave Lake Suite was published in book form by Momentum Press in 1980. Additionally, portions of Tiresias have been published in Manhattan Review, Trace, Momentum, Bachy, New American Review, Newletters, LA Weekly, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Rara Avis, Little Caesar, Invisible City, Box Car, and the anthology The Streets Inside: Ten Los Angeles Poets.

Hickman worked as the poetry editor for the Los Angeles literary magazine Bachy, published by Papa Bach Bookstore, from 1977 to the spring of 1981. He edited issues nine to eighteen. In 1981, he co-founded with Paul Vangelisti the magazine Boxcar: A Magazine of the Arts. Only two issues were published. In 1985, Hickman began editing and publishing Temblor, which continued for ten issues. Temblor is noted for the publication of many east and west coast language-related poets. Hickman's editorial and publishing activities brought the work of many established and emerging poets into the public view.

Leland Hickman died in Los Angeles in 1991.

From the guide to the Leland Hickman Papers, 1950-1991, (University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Hickman, Leland. Leland Hickman letters : Los Angeles, Calif., to Stephen Rodefer : TLS, 1983 March 15 and May 23. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Hickman, Leland. Bachy, 1977-1981. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn John Taggart Papers, 1962-2002 University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
creatorOf Leland Hickman Papers, 1950-1991 University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
referencedIn Howe, Fanny. Fanny Howe papers, 1980-1990. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Northup, Harry E. Harry Northup papers, 1940-2010. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
creatorOf Hickman, Leland. Boxcar, 1981. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn Rodefer, Stephen. Stephen Rodefer papers, 1955-1994. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Conjunctions. Records II, 1985-1987. State Library of Ohio
referencedIn Howe, Fanny. Papers, 1980-1990 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Hickman, Leland. Papers, 1950-1991. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn American Review records, 1967-1977 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Hickman, Leland. Temblor, 1985-1990. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn Harry Northup Papers, 1940-2002 University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith American Review corporateBody
associatedWith Andrews, Bruce, 1948- person
associatedWith Ashbery, John, person
associatedWith Barnett, Anthony, 1941- person
associatedWith Bernstein, Charles, 1950- person
correspondedWith Bromige, David person
associatedWith Bromige, David, person
associatedWith Butterick, George F., person
associatedWith Clark, Tom, 1941- person
associatedWith Conjunctions. corporateBody
associatedWith Coolidge, Clark, 1939- person
associatedWith Cooper, Dennis, 1953- person
associatedWith Einzig, Barbara, person
correspondedWith Equi, Elaine person
associatedWith Equi, Elaine, person
associatedWith Eshleman, Clayton, person
associatedWith Hejinian, Lyn, person
associatedWith Howe, Fanny person
associatedWith Howe, Fanny. person
associatedWith Howe, Susan, person
correspondedWith Howe, Susan, 1937- person
associatedWith Macaulay, Charles, person
associatedWith Northup, Harry E. person
correspondedWith Phillips, Dennis person
associatedWith Phillips, Dennis, person
associatedWith Rodefer, Stephen. person
associatedWith Scalapino, Leslie, person
correspondedWith Taggart, John, 1942- person
correspondedWith Vangelisti, Paul person
associatedWith Vangelisti, Paul, person
correspondedWith Weinberger, Eliot person
associatedWith Weinberger, Eliot, person
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American poetry
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Birth 1934-09-15

Death 1991-05-12

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