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Overview
In Whitman's Wild Children, Neeli Cherkovski looks at twelve contemporary beat poets - Michael McClure, Charles Bukowski, John Wieners, James Broughton, Philip Lamantia, Bob Kaufman, Allen Ginsberg, William Everson, Gregory Corso, Harold Norse, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Jack Micheline - chosen because each, like Whitman, took "his own road" and had little to do with what was thought acceptable in mainstream American culture during the 1940s and 1950s. Cherkovski draws on personal encounters to create biographical portraits that are engaging and animated. The result is an intimate critical memoir, written to reflect the spirit of Whitman's call for "perfect personal candor," about twelve poets who helped define contemporary American literature.Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
The 1991 biography of the late novelist and poet, now revised and in paper for the first time. (July)The
The story of a poet whose wild life and wise work are a throwback to the days before the writing of poetry became just another way for English professors to get tenure...This is a book for those who want to know how a poet is made. It is sympathetic, scholarly grindingly real, and excellently written.Book Details
Published
December 31, 1995
Publisher
Steerforth Press
Pages
354
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781883642297