{"product_id":"conversations-with-michael-mcclure-paperback","title":"Conversations with Michael McClure - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Stephen Calonne\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConversations with Michael McClure\u003c\/i\u003e features twenty interviews from 1969 to 2015 that chronicle the capacious scope of McClure's creativity. McClure (1932-2020) is notable not only for his considerable achievements as a poet and prose writer of the Beat Generation, but also for the many collaborative connections he forged over seven decades. From the 1950s to his death, McClure worked with an astonishing range of important figures in the worlds of painting, filmmaking, music, and science. McClure counted among his friends and acquaintances Bruce Conner, Harold Pinter, Amiri Baraka, Richard Brautigan, Wallace Berman, George Herms, Lawrence Jordan, Dennis Hopper, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Sterling Bunnell, Francis Crick, Gary Snyder, Francesco Clemente, and Diane di Prima. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring his early years in San Francisco, McClure attended Kenneth Rexroth's literary evenings and formed significant lifelong friendships. Among those friends were poets Philip Lamantia and Robert Duncan, who became a mentor to McClure. He also learned much from Charles Olson and adopted several features of Olson's concept of \"Projective Verse\" in his own work. McClure's exchange of letters with experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage lasted for four decades. During his illustrious career, McClure published fourteen books of poetry, eight books of plays, and four collections of essays. \u003ci\u003eConversations with Michael McClure\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the many contributions of this central personality in the evolution of the American counterculture.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Stephen Calonne \u003c\/b\u003eis senior lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. He is author of several works, including \u003ci\u003eR. Crumb: Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self\u003c\/i\u003e, published by University Press of Mississippi; \u003ci\u003eWilliam Saroyan: My Real Work Is Being\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Spiritual Imagination of the Beats\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDiane di Prima: Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Beats in Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e; and biographies of Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller. Calonne is also editor of five volumes of uncollected Bukowski stories and essays as well as \u003ci\u003eConversations with Gary Snyder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConversations with Allen Ginsberg\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eConversations with Diane di Prima\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43152762339391,"sku":"9781496852007","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ugTUXce59781496852007.webp?v=1776940595","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/conversations-with-michael-mcclure-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}