Touching the Edge by Michael McClure (1999, Paperback) 
Touching the Edge by Michael McClure (1999, Paperback)

 
Touching the Edge by Michael McClure (1999, Paperback)

Publisher: Shambhala Pubns
Publication Date: 1999-05-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1570624402
ISBN-13: 9781570624407
Product ID: EPID1122419
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Publication Date:1999-05-01

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Length:128 pages
Height:9.3 in
Width:4.5 in
Thickness:0.5 in
Weight:5.6 oz

Publisher's Note
The well-known Beat poet Michael McClure has written a book of poems unlike any of his others: this is the first collection whose poems are all informed or inspired by the author's Buddhist practice. McClure has been part of the Beat movement from the beginning. In 1955, he joined Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen at the historic Six Gallery reading in San Francisco, which launched the Beat poetry movement. McClure's work has always been innovative. His book Ghost Tantras incorporated what he called "beast language" -- a vocabulary of growls, roars, and moans interspersed with human speech. He cowrote the Janis Joplin hit "Mercedes-Benz" and was literary mentor to Doors leader Jim Morrison. Plays such as The Beard won him underground three, while his Scratching the Beat Surface was the first book-length account of the Beat period by one of the movement's active members. Touching the Edge is a new expression of themes long-term McClure fans will recognize: a fascination with natural imagery and spiritual exploration. McClure remains active in the poetry scene to this day, regularly giving readings at colleges and universities around the country.

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