movement birth_place influences name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
postmodernism , underground comix holcomb , kansas , united states neal , robert peters , allen ginsberg , robert ronnie branaman cassady , s. clay wilson , loren eiseley , hart crane , , ezra pound william s. burroughs , robert crumb charles plymell 26 april 1935 charles plymell
 charley plymell poet , publisher , author
charles plymell

charles plymell -lrb- born april 26 , 1935 , in holcomb , kansas -rrb- is a poet , novelist , and small press publisher .
plymell has been published widely , collaborated with , and published many poets , writers , and artists , including principals of the beat generation .
he was a `` hipster '' in kansas in 1950s subculture , and became involved with the beat generation in san francisco , where he shared a house with poet allen ginsberg and neal cassady , the protagonist of jack kerouac 's on the road in 1963 .
plymell spent important , memorable times with ginsberg , cassady , and author william s. burroughs , who wrote introductions to his work .
he visited with ginsberg and burroughs in lawrence the last time they saw each other , -lcb- `` moody 's skidrow beanery , kansas underground from beat to hip '' rowfant press 1999 , chapter 9 -rcb- and in new york city with and ginsberg the last time they saw each other .
he has published , printed , and designed many underground magazines and books with his wife pamela beach , a namesake in avant-garde publishing .
he published former prisoner ray bremser and herbert huncke , whom he identified with from the hipster 1950s .
he was influential in the underground comix scene , first printing `` zap comix '' artists such as robert crumb and s. clay wilson , whom he first published in lawrence , kansas .
plymell received a citation for being a distinguished poet by governor joan finney of kansas and was cited in the 1976 `` world book encyclopedia '' as a most promising poet .
