Larry Wallrich collection, 1959-1992.

Di Prima, Diane, 1934-2020

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Diane Di Prima was born on 6 August 1934 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She attended Swarthmore College, but dropped out in 1953 to move to Manhattan and become a writer. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, she joined the emerging Beat movement. She was the editor of the newsletter The Floating Bear with LeRoi Jones, 1961-1969. In 1966, she moved to Millbrook, N.Y., to live in Timothy Leary's community. She moved to San Francisco, Calif., in 1968. In California, she taught at such institutions as the New Coll...

Meltzer, David J.

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Poet. From the description of Papers, 1954-1974. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 49381183 From the description of Letters, 1969-1970. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 49254186 American poet. From the description of Song : signed typescript, [196-] / David Meltzer. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18423138 Lionel David Meltzer, 1937-, is an American poet and musician. He is considered one of the key po...

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 ...

Reeves, James

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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...

Jargon Society.

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Lucie-Smith, Edward

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Literary and art critic, poet, free-lance journalist, editor, and partner in Turret Books. From the description of Papers. 1963-1975. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23949782 ...

Brakhage, Stan

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Avant-garde filmmaker; full name James Stanley Brakhage; b. 1933. From the description of Stan Brakhage papers, 1953-1966. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28415992 ...

Congdon, Kirby

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Lamantia, Philip, 1927-2005

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American poet. From the description of Cool ; New York blank poem New York ; [typed letter signed, to LeRoi Jones] : typescripts, 1959 / Philip Lamantia. 1959. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18423222 ...

Fine, Albert M.

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Gold, Michael, 1893-1967

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Pen name for Itzok Isaac Granich a life long Communist and literary critic, editor and author. From the description of Michael Gold letter to Alfred Sheppard Dashiell [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648021762 From the description of Michael Gold letters to Alfred Sheppard Dashiell [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 631741286 Michael Gold was also known as Irving Granich. From the desc...

Raworth, Tom.

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Poet and publisher, of London, England; b. 1938. From the description of Papers, ca. 1960-1978. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28420230 British poet. From the description of Poetry manuscripts : signed typescripts, 1972 February 26 / Tom Raworth. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18447228 Tom Raworth was born and grew up in London. During the 1970s he travelled and worked in the United States and Mexico, returni...

Liddy, James, 1934-2008

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Gibbons, Mark Edward

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Kelly, Robert, 1935 Oct 2-

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Poet, novelist, periodical editor, and professor of English at Bard College, of New York, N.Y. From the description of Robert Kelly papers, 1967-1969. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28418321 American poet. From the description of Poems and correspondence, 1964. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18423107 From the description of Robert Kelly letters to Harvey Bialy, [ca.1966-1973]. (University of California, Berke...

Crozier, Andrew

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Robitaille, Gérald.

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Gérald Robitaille was a sometimes close friend and later a bitter enemy of Henry Miller. Born in Outrement, Quebec, he began his correspondence with Henry Miller in 1951, and relocated to Paris in 1953 to be closer to him. In 1959 Miller hired Robitaille to act as caretaker of Miller's children and later in 1966 he hired him on as a personal secretary. During his time in Miller's employ, the family moved to California, which was not to Robitaille's liking. He is quoted as saying, "I'd rather pe...

Kitaj, R. B.

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R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007) was a Painter, printmaker in Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of R.B. Kitaj papers, 1960-2001. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81487379 R.B. Kitaj was born in Cleveland, Ohio on October 29, 1932. He studied at the Cooper Union Institute for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York, Academy of Fine Art in Vienna, Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford, and the Royal College of Art in London. In February 1963, Kitaj had his first professional ex...

Higgins, Aidan, 1927-....

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Aidan Higgins, born in County Kildare, Ireland, is an Irish novelist, influenced in his work by modernists such as James Joyce, Brian O'Nolan and Samuel Beckett. In 1955, Higgins went to London for a time, where he continued to write novels, short stories, radio plays, and documentaries. He also spent time in South Africa and Germany. His published works include "Felo De Se" (1960), "Langrishe, Go Down" (1966), "Balcony of Europe" (1972), "Images of Africa: Diary, 1956-60" (1971), "Scenes from a...

Todd, Ruthven, 1914-1978

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Ruthven Todd was born in Edinburgh, and educated at Fettes College and the Edinburgh School of Art. After graduating he held a few odd jobs, while concentrating on painting, and was associated with the Surrealist movement.. He later worked as a copywriter and journalist, and made a name for himself as a poet, novelist, and short-story writer. He was part of the Civil Defense during World War II, and moved to the United States after the war, where he worked at several colleges and opened a printi...

Wurlitzer, Rudolph

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Patchen, Miriam

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Biography Miriam Patchen, wife of American novelist and poet Kenneth Patchen, peace activist, and longtime Palo Alto resident, died March 6, 2000 at the age of 86. Born Sirkka Miriam Oikemus in Belmont, Massachusetts in September 28, 1914, Miriam, like her Finnish socialist parents, became a lifelong political activist. She joined the American Communist Party at age 7 and claimed to be the "youngest card-carrying member" of this p...

Wallrich, Larry

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Epithet: bookseller of London and Toronto British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000038 Larry Wallrich was a bookseller in London, England and Toronto, Canada from the 1960s to the 1980s. He also was an editor for the small press, Ruby Editions. From the description of Collection of correspondence between Philip Kaplan and Larry Wallrich, 1962-1981. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record ...

Posner, David Louis

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American poet David Louis Posner was born August 6, 1921, in New York, to Nell and Louis S. Posner. In 1945, Posner received his B.A. from Kenyon College where he majored in French and in 1947 he received his M.A. in English Literature from Harvard. After studying at the Sorbonne, he worked for two years with Radio Diffusion Française interviewing famous personalities. During this time, he traveled extensively in Europe and pursued an interes...

Kenner, Hugh

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