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POET BE LIKE GOD
JACK SPICER AND THE SAN FRANCISCO RENAISSANCE |
| By: |
Lewis Ellingham, Kevin Killian |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£38.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0819553085 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780819553089 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF NEW ENGLAND |
| Pub. date: |
31 May, 1998 |
| Pages: |
461 |
| Description: |
Unlike his contemporaries Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Gary Snyder, Jack Spicer (1925-1965)--a key figure in San Francisco's gay cultural scene--was a poet who disdained publishing and relished his role as social outcast. Virtually unrecognized when he died, his work has since intrigued an international audience. Now this comprehensive biography gives a pivotal poet his due, based on interviews with those who knew him. 35 illustrations. |
| Synopsis: |
Jack Spicer, unlike his contemporaries Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Gary Snyder, was a poet who disdained publishing and relished his role as a social outcast. He died in 1965 virtually unrecognized, yet in the following years his work and thought have attracted and intrigued an international audience. Now this comprehensive biography gives a pivotal poet his due. Based on interviews with scores of Spicer's contemporaries, Poet Be Like God details the most intimate aspects of Spicer's life - his family, his friends, his lover - illuminating not only the man but also many of his poems. The resultant narrative of the San Francisco Renaissance and the emergence of the North Beach gay scene during the 50s and 60s will be indispensable reading for students of American literature and gay studies. |
| Illustrations: |
30 illus. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Wesleyan University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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