A memorial tribute to Michael McClure with readings and remembrances.
On the one-year anniversary of the passing of our dear friend, the great American poet Michael McClure, we present an all-star tribute with many special guests!
This event is happening the day after the book release party for Michael's final book Mule Kick Blues and Last Poems with Anne Waldman and Eileen Myles. Register for that event here, too!
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Michael McClure (1932-2020) was an award-winning American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he was one of the five poets who participated in the Six Gallery reading that featured the public debut of Allen Ginsberg's landmark poem "Howl." A key figure of the Beat Generation, McClure is immortalized as Pat McLear in Jack Kerouac's novels The Dharma Bums and Big Sur. He also participated in the 60s counterculture alongside musicians like Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. He taught for many years at California College of the Arts and lived with his wife, Amy, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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On the one-year anniversary of the passing of our dear friend, the great American poet Michael McClure, we present an all-star tribute with many special guests!
This event is happening the day after the book release party for Michael's final book Mule Kick Blues and Last Poems with Anne Waldman and Eileen Myles. Register for that event here, too!
LINEUP TO BE ANNOUNCED
Michael McClure (1932-2020) was an award-winning American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he was one of the five poets who participated in the Six Gallery reading that featured the public debut of Allen Ginsberg's landmark poem "Howl." A key figure of the Beat Generation, McClure is immortalized as Pat McLear in Jack Kerouac's novels The Dharma Bums and Big Sur. He also participated in the 60s counterculture alongside musicians like Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. He taught for many years at California College of the Arts and lived with his wife, Amy, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
A memorial tribute to Michael McClure with readings and remembrances.
On the one-year anniversary of the passing of our dear friend, the great American poet Michael McClure, we present an all-star tribute with many special guests!
This event is happening the day after the book release party for Michael's final book Mule Kick Blues and Last Poems with Anne Waldman and Eileen Myles. Register for that event here, too!
LINEUP TO BE ANNOUNCED
Michael McClure (1932-2020) was an award-winning American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he was one of the five poets who participated in the Six Gallery reading that featured the public debut of Allen Ginsberg's landmark poem "Howl." A key figure of the Beat Generation, McClure is immortalized as Pat McLear in Jack Kerouac's novels The Dharma Bums and Big Sur. He also participated in the 60s counterculture alongside musicians like Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. He taught for many years at California College of the Arts and lived with his wife, Amy, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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On the one-year anniversary of the passing of our dear friend, the great American poet Michael McClure, we present an all-star tribute with many special guests!
This event is happening the day after the book release party for Michael's final book Mule Kick Blues and Last Poems with Anne Waldman and Eileen Myles. Register for that event here, too!
LINEUP TO BE ANNOUNCED
Michael McClure (1932-2020) was an award-winning American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he was one of the five poets who participated in the Six Gallery reading that featured the public debut of Allen Ginsberg's landmark poem "Howl." A key figure of the Beat Generation, McClure is immortalized as Pat McLear in Jack Kerouac's novels The Dharma Bums and Big Sur. He also participated in the 60s counterculture alongside musicians like Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. He taught for many years at California College of the Arts and lived with his wife, Amy, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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