Title: Poet Be Like God
Description: Jack Spicer, unlike his contemporaries Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Gary Snyder, was a poet who disdained publishing and relished his role as a social outcast. He died in 1965 virtually unrecognized, yet in the following years his work and thought have attracted and intrigued an international audience. Now this comprehensive biography gives a pivotal poet his due. Based on interviews with scores of Spicer's contemporaries, Poet Be Like God details the most intimate aspects of Spicer's life - his family, his friends, his lover - illuminating not only the man but also many of his poems. The resultant narrative of the San Francisco Renaissance and the emergence of the North Beach gay scene during the 50s and 60s will be indispensable reading for students of American literature and gay studies.
Subjects: American Poets, American poetry, Biography, Friends and associates, Gay men, History, History and criticism, Homosexuality and literature, Intellectual life, Gay poets, Poets, biography, San francisco (calif.), history, American poetry, history and criticism, 20th century, Duncan, robert edward, 1918-1988, Homosexualité et littérature, Histoire, Poésie américaine, Histoire et critique, Poètes américains, Biographies, Homosexuels masculins, POETRY, American, General, Friendship
Places: Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.), California, United States
People: Jack Spicer, Robert Edward Duncan (1919-), Robin Blaser, Robert Edward Duncan (1919-1988), Jack Spicer (1925-1965)
Time periods: 20th century