Bill McArthur letters received as editor of Cleft and Gambit literary periodicals, 1962-1964.

McClure, Michael.

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Michael McClure was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist, and part of the Beat Generation of poetry. He was one of five authors who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading, and became close with Jack Kerouac, being immortalized as Pat McLean in Big Sur. He is known as the Prince of the Frisco Scene. From the guide to the Michael McClure letter to Diane di Prima, September 1968, (Ohio University) San Francisco-based ...

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...

Wilson, Angus, 1913-1991

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Born August 11, 1913, in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, Angus Wilson was also a short story writer, editor, critic, biographer, and playwright. Wilson was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1980 for his contributions to literature and the arts. While working at the British Museum during the 1940s Wilson began writing short stories and other short pieces, most of which were portraits of postwar Britain. He has been ranked among the best ...

Dowden, George

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From the guide to the George Dowden Papers on the Allen Ginsberg Bibliography, 1966-1971, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) ...

Horovitz, Michael, 1935-....

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Michael Horovitz is a British poet, musician and editor. From the description of Michael Horovitz collection. [1960]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848521 ...

Krim, Seymour, 1922-

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Seymour Krim was born in New York City. After a year at the University of North Carolina, he returned to New York and began writing reviews and literary essays. Later he edited several magazines featuring modern poetry. His best known work was The beats (1960), a study of contemporary poets. In his later years, he taught in several universities, including the Pennsylvania State University. From the description of Seymour Krim letters to Diane di Prima, 1962-1965. (Pennsylvania State ...

McArthur, Bill

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Bill McArthur was the editor of Cleft, Gambit, and other Scottish literary periodicals. From the description of Bill McArthur letters received as editor of Cleft and Gambit literary periodicals, 1962-1964. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38894871 ...

Swan, Sue,

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Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008

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Jonathan Williams is a poet, publisher, and photographer. He was educated at St. Albans School, Princeton University, and Black Mountain College, and also studied art and design at the Institute of Design in Chicago. His published books of poetry include An Ear in Bartram's Tree (1969), Blues and Roots/Rue and Bluets (1971), The Loco Logodaedalus in Situ (1972), and Elite/Elate Poems (1979), and his published books of photography include Portrait Photographs (1979) and A Palpable Elysium: Photog...

Jackrell, Tom,

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Bold, Alan Norman, 1943-

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Epithet: poet and artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x00015d ...

Mailer, Norman

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American writer. From the description of Letters to Theodore S. Amussen [manuscript], [ca. 1948?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823381 Norman Mailer was an American author and celebrity, admired for his novels and social commentary, and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. Born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Mailer became interested in writing while studying aeronautical engineering at Harvard. He served in World War II, which led to the acclai...

Trocchi, Alexander, 1925-1984

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Alex Trocchi, author of CAIN'S BOOK, was an American living in the United Kingdom. He was one of the organizers of the Edinburgh international writer's conference. From the description of Alexander Trocchi collection of papers relating to the Edinburgh international writer's conference, 1962-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122585374 Scottish novelist and editor; b. 1925; d. 1984. Trocchi founded and edited Merlin, a literary magazine published in Paris from 1952-1955. T...

Campos, Augusto ˜deœ

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Hendry, J. F.

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Finlay, Ian Hamilton

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Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener. Much of his work on paper was issued through his own Wild Hawthorne Press, which he founded in 1964. From the description of Collection of printed material from Wild Hawthorn Press, 1977-1990. (University of Illinois-Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 301555191 Scottish concrete poet and garden designer, born 1925. From the description of Thonier : watercolor print, nd. (Unknown)...

Black, D. N. (David Macleod), 1941-

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Golding, William, 1911-1993

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Author William Golding was born in Cornwall, and educated at Oxford, where he dedicated himself to literature. He worked in theater, as a schoolteacher, and served in World War II. His first novel, Lord of the Flies, brought him popular and critical acclaim, and he has remained one of England's most widely known and influential authors. His allegorical novels explore the conflict between man's civilized and primitive tendencies, and have been widely interpreted. He also wrote plays, short storie...

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997

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William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) was an American experimental novelist, "beat" poet, and cultural icon. From the guide to the William S. Burroughs Letter, undated, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), American novelist, essayist, writer of experimental fiction. A primary member of the Beat generation, he was an avant-garde author who affected postwar popular culture as well as literature. From the ...

Morgan, Edwin, 1920-2010

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Edwin Morgan was born in Glasgow in 1920 and brought up in Rutherglen on the outskirts of the city. An unhappy only child of conservative middle-class parents Morgan felt that he had no-one he could talk to about his artistic enthusiasms, although his father gave him a sense of Glasgow's industrial history. In 1937 Morgan began his studies at Glasgow university but the war intervened. At first he registered as a Conscientious Objector but then requested a posting to the Royal Army M...