Scratching the Beat Surface by Michael Mcclure

Scratching the Beat Surface by Michael Mcclure

This insider's view of the Beat scene of the fifties and early sixties vividly marks the advancement of a new perception of art as a living bio-alchemical organism through essays by a poet and playwright who helped shape the movement.

Michael McClure is a poet, playwright, musician, and novelist from the United States. He was one of the five poets who took part in the renowned 1955 Six Gallery reading, which featured the public debut of Allen Ginsberg's landmark poem Howl. After relocating from Kansas to San Francisco as a young man, he was one of the five poets who took part in the legendary 1955 Six Gallery reading, which featured the public debut of Allen Ginsberg's landmark poem Howl. McClure is memorialized in Jack Kerouac's novel Big Sur as Pat McLear, a prominent figure of the Beat Generation. His poetry is profoundly laced with an awareness of nature, especially in the animal consciousness that sometimes lies latent in people. He was a prominent character in the Beat Movement and the San Francisco Renaissance. A Guggenheim Fellowship, an Obie Award for Best Play, an NEA grant, the Alfred Jarry Award, and a Rockefeller grant for playwriting are among his many honors.

McClure is continuously active as a poet, writer, and dramatist, and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with his second wife, Amy. McClure's poems, plays, and performances continue to find new audiences.

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ISBN 13	9780140232523
ISBN 10	0140232524
Title	Scratching the Beat Surface
Author	Michael Mcclure
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Random House Australia
Year published	1994-11-01
Number of pages	192
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