Correspondence, 1957-1975.

Wieners, John, 1934-2002

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Poet John Wieners was born in Boston on January 6, 1934. After graduating from Boston College in 1954, Wieners attended Black Mountain College from 1955-1956, studying under Charles Olson and Robert Duncan. He became associated with the Poet's Theatre in Cambridge, and his two one-act plays were produced by the New York Poet's Theatre and Judson Poets Theatre in New York. In 1957 he founded the poetry magazine, Measure, and in 1962 received the Poet's Foundation Award. Among his pub...

Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988

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California poet. From the description of Robert Edward Duncan papers, 1960-1977. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122545242 Robert Duncan (January 7, 1919 -February 3, 1988) was an American poet and a student of H.D. and the Western esoteric tradition who spent most of his career in and around San Francisco. Though associated with any number of literary traditions and schools, Duncan is often identified with the poets of the New American Poetry and B...

Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005

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Sponsored by Stanford University, the English Department, the Creative Writing Program, the Stanford Humanities Center, the Stanford Library, and the Library Associates. From the description of A symposium on his poetry and his place in American letters : recording, 2005 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864090 David Shaff was at Yale at this time; he wrote and edited poetry. From the description of Letters to David O. Schaff, 1962-1965. (Unknown). WorldC...

Adam, Helen, 1909-1993

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American poet born in Scotland. From the description of Postcard to Diane di Prima, 1967 Nov. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18347343 Helen Adam was born on Dec. 2, 1909 in Glasgow, Scotland and died in New York City on Sept. 19, 1993. She was a writer of Scottish ballads and later participated in the Beat poetry movement. From the description of Papers, 1956-1976. (Kent State University). WorldCat record id: 40718661 ...

Clark, Tom, 1941-....

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Tom Clark wrote a biography of Edward Dorn: EDWARD DORN : A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE, 2002. Clark envisioned a 2-part biography but never completed the second volume. Some of this material would have been used in the latter. From the description of Edward Dorn papers, circa 1930-2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863675 Poet, biographer, novelist, dramatist, reviewer, and sportswriter. From the description of Tom Clark papers, 1984. (Duke University Library). Wor...

Rumaker, Michael, 1932-....

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Author and poet, early associate of Beat writers in San Francisco, Calif., and student at Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, N.C. From the description of Michael Rumaker papers, ca. 1957-1990. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28420364 Michael Rumaker was born in South Philadelphia to Michael Joseph and Winifred Marvel Rumaker, the fourth of nine children. He spent his first seven months in the Preston Retreat charity ward, too sickly to be b...

Kyger, Joanne

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Joanne Kyger is a West Coast poet who emerged as the Beat movement was beginning to wane in the 1960s. Kyger attended the University of California at Santa Barbara from 1952 to 1956, where she took classes with Hugh Kenner and Paul Wienphal both of whom were important to the development of her poetry. In 1957 she met John Wieners at The Place, a poetry bar, and through him met Robert Duncan and Jack Spicer; it was also during this time that she first met Gary Snyder. Later Kyger moved to the Eas...

Brainard, Joe, 1942-1994

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Joe Brainard, author and artist. Exhibited widely in New York and Chicago, Brainard harmonized linguistic and visual materials in extraordinary ways. His graphic work is notably literary, often incorporating works and sentences into non-literary designs. Both the art work and writing is full of information and frequently takes erotic and semiotic risks. From the description of Joe Brainard letters, 1957-1994. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 440865506 ...

Persky, Stan, 1941-

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Berkson, Bill

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Poet. From the description of Reminiscences of Bill Berkson : oral history, 1972. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528359 Berkson and Warsh are notable American poets affiliated with the New York School of poetry. From the description of 3 + 1 (oil), 1968-1969. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 33342279 Berkson is a notable American poet affiliated with the New York School of poetry. ...

Millward, Pamela

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Loewinsohn, Ron

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American poet and novelist. From the description of For Miles Davis : typescript, [196-] / Ron Loewinsohn. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18423121 From the description of Essay, fathers & sons : typescript, [ca. 1960]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32334315 From the description of Trees/8 : typescript, 1959 July. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32334322 From the descript...

Borregaard, Ebbe

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Publisher. From the description of Papers, 1961-1965. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 38483721 ...

Koller, James

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Poet, novelist and editor of Coyote's Journal and Coyote Books; originally of Illinois, later of San Francisco, Calif., New Mexico, and Brunswick, Me.; b. James Anthony Koller, 1936. From the description of James Koller papers, 1959-1986. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28412840 Born in 1936 in Oak Park, Illinois, Koller is an American poet, novelist, editor and publisher. Koller obtained his B.A. from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois in 1958; h...

Waldman, Anne, 1945-

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Poet, performer, editor, publisher, and teacher; director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project (New York); co-founder, with Allen Ginsberg, of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University. From the description of Anne Waldman papers, 1945-<2002> (bulk 1958-1998). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68914842 American poet associated with the New York School of Poetry. From the description of 100 memories, 1970. (University of Calif...

Whalen, Philip,

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Warsh, Lewis,

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Snyder, Gary, 1930-....

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Poet, essayist, translator, Zen Buddhist, environmentalist, and teacher, Gary Snyder is considered one of the most significant environmental writers of the twentieth century and a central figure in environmental activism. From the description of Papers, 1910-2003 1945-2002. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 30107060 Gary Snyder (1930- ), poet, essayist, translator, Zen Buddhist, environmentalist, lecturer, and teacher, is considered one of the most signi...