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Huge Dreams: San Francisco and Beat Poems
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Huge Dreams republishes two books, out of print for thirty years, which together are a cornerstone of the Beat movement: The New Book/A Book of Torture and Star. Both were influential in expanding poetry into a larger world:the West Coast Beat phenomena, which focused on nature, the environment, antiwar activities, individual anarchism, Zen Buddhism, jazz, and a kind of romantic mystical thought. With these books Michael McClure brought an animal energy and a knowledge of art and physical human nature that was new to the scene.The New Book/A Book of Torture was written spontaneously while McClure was in a “dark night of the soul” brought on by psychedelics. A single long poem of experience and exploration, it offers the means of liberation from the darkness it examines. Star is a wide-ranging book of chalice seeking, spiritual discovery, and political protest, grounded in the emotions and sensations of eros and play.
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| Weight | 0.239485 kg |
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| Dimensions | 1.2954 × 15.1638 × 22.7838 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 192 |
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| Year Published | 1999-5-1 |
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| Publication City/Country | USA |
| ISBN 10 | 0140589171 |
| About The Author | Michael McClure has published novels, interviews, essays, and plays. In recent years he has performed his poetry in collaboration with the Doors keyboardist, Ray Manzarek. |
| Table Of Content | Huge DreamsIntroduction by Robert Creeley: "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities . . ."The New Book/A Book of TortureEpigraphOde to Jackson PollockFor Jack Kerouac/The ChamberDeep CloudOde on the End of JazzFor Charles OlsonA Fantasy and Courtly PoemOde for Soft VoiceFragment of a HymnLines from a Peyote DepressionThe RoomThe StrainYes TableFor ArtaudRant BlockThe ColumnL'Étoile, The StarThe Flowers of Politics, OneThe Flowers of Politics, TwoA Small Secret Book1. For Philip Lamantia2. Oh Christ God3. The Shark Is the Lamb4. Oh Christ Oh God5. For Thelonious MonkA Cool PamphletOde to the RoseFor JaneBlue RosePollenLa Plus BlancheStar13 Mad SonnetsFor an Unknown MelodyNovember's Texas SongSmall Ode on the Need to DrinkA RoseThe Lion-BeamsThe Purple OneLove & StrengthThe PansyOde to the Negative UniverseValentine's Day SonnetSonnetMad SonnetMad SonnetThe ChildUnder the Black TreesThe SurgeA ThoughtThe AnswerThe Human FaceA ThoughtThere Is Not Passion EnoughLove Lion BookDrunk VariationGrahr MantraPoisoned WheatFor Kenneth AngerOverpopVariationMantraWilliam H. Bonney: Billy the KidCupid's GrinMatterThe Sermons of Jean Harlow & The Curses of Billy the KidViet Nam SongLiberationAfter Thoughts |
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