William D. Brown letters, 1946-1968.

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 1919-2021

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti was an American poet and publisher, most closely associated with the Beat movement. Born in New York, Ferlinghetti suffered several family-related tragedies in his youth, and was raised in unusual circumstances. Educated at the University of North Carolina, he served in World War II, and continued his education at Columbia and The Sorbonne. He moved to San Francisco, where he co-founded City Lights book store and publishing house, which became integral wi...

Whalen, Philip.

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Philip Whalen was a Beat poet and a Buddhist Monk. From the description of Philip Whalen papers, [194-]-2001. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 57586331 Poet; associated with Gary Snyder, Lew Welch, San Francisco beat writers, and Charles Olson; ordained a Buddhist monk in the 1970s; b. 1923. From the description of Philip Whalen Collection, 1958-1977. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28418352 Philip Glenn Whalen w...

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997

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Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey to Louis and Naomi (Levy) Ginsberg. American poet, author, lecturer, and teacher who was one of the core members of the Beat Generation of American author's in the 1950's and early 1960's along with Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. He died of complications of liver cancer on April 6, 1997. From the description of Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019390 ...

Citroën, Bernard.

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Snyder, Gary W.

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Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989

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American editor and writer. From the description of Letter to Matthew Bruccoli [manuscript], 1975 December 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812058 From the description of Papers of Malcolm Cowley [manuscript], 1969. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810601 From the description of Papers of Malcolm Cowley [manuscript], 1936-1955. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874698 Malcolm Cowley was an influential liter...

Olson, Charles, 1910-1970

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Charles Olson, the leading voice of the Black Mountain poets, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and was a notable student at Wesleyan University, where his groundbreaking work on Herman Melville evolved into the highly praised monograph, Call Me Ishmael. Inspired by Franklin Roosevelt, Olson worked his way up through the Democratic Party, but quit after Roosevelt's death, and began a brilliant career as a writer and educator. His manifesto, Projective Verse, influenced a generation of poets ...

Coyote Books (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Brown, Bill, 1918-1994

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Author, editor with Coyote Books. From the description of William D. Brown letters, 1946-1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 472459735 ...

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...

Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963

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This collection covers the years of William Carlos Williams's medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, a year of service at a New York City hospital, a semester of medical study in Leipzig, and the period when he was setting up his medical practice and courting his future wife, Florence Herman, in his home town of Rutherford, N.J. During this time, his younger brother Edgar went from engineering and architectural studies at M.I.T. to further study of architecture at the American Academ...

Malaquais, Jean, 1908-1998

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True name: Vladimir Malacki; born in Warsaw 1908, died in Geneva, Switzerland 1998; author and political activist; moved to France in 1926; in close contact with revolutionary groups of the extreme left; enrolled in the French army in 1939; prisoner of war in 1940 he managed to escape; left France for Venezuela in 1942; moved to Mexico in 1943; after his conflict with Victor Serge in 1944 he went to the USA, where he lectured on European literature up to 1968; became friends with Norman Mailer, ...

Eastlake, William

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Author, lecturer. Born in 1917 in New York City. Attended college in Paris, France. Published numerous novels, stories, and articles, which have been translated into thirteen foreign languages. Books include "The Bronc People" (1958), "Portrait of an Artist with Twenty-Six Horses" (1963), and "Dancers in the Scalp House" (1975). Served as lecturer at the University of New Mexico and Writer-in-Residence at the University of Southern California. From the description of Papers, ca. 1963...