Michael McClure, a pioneer of the Beat poetry movement of the mid-1950s that laid the foundation for the hippie counterculture of the 1960s, has died at the age of 87. A poet, novelist, playwright and ...

The original Beat movement of the 1950s and ‘60s gave us Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,” Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” Michael McClure’s play “The Beard” and reams of other lively radical writings. But that ...

Orr Books closed two weeks ago. It was a small, independent bookstore in Uptown in Minneapolis. Charlie Orr ran it for almost 40 years, scraping by until recently. His new landlord raised the rent, ...

Whenever award-winning digital artist Gary Yost rambles around on Mount Tamalpais, which is nearly every day, he religiously recites “The Song Mount Tamalpais Sings,” a poem by the late Beat poet Lew ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael McClure, one of the famed Beat poets of San Francisco whose career as a poet eclipsed many others in popular culture, has died. He was 87. The San Francisco Chronicle ...

The state of Oregon has had six poets laureate since 2006, when new funds became available to reinstate the position. That person is appointed by and serves “at the pleasure of the Governor.” Now, we ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about media culture, theory, and history with a focus on the offbeat and avant-garde. Poet and playwright Michael McClure, ...

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the founder of San Francisco’s iconic City Lights Books and an integral figure in the Beat poetry movement, has died. The publisher and activist’s son, Lorenzo Ferlinghetti told ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael McClure, one of the famed Beat poets of San Francisco whose career as a poet eclipsed many others in popular culture, has died. He was 87. The San Francisco Chronicle ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Michael McClure, one of the famed Beat poets of San Francisco whose career as a poet eclipsed many others in popular culture, has died. He was 87. The San Francisco Chronicle reported ...