Michael McClure
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| + | '''Michael McClure''' (October 20, 1932 – May 4, 2020) was an [[American poet]], [[playwright]], [[songwriter]], and [[novelist]]. After moving to [[San Francisco]] as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including [[Allen Ginsberg]]) who read at the famous [[San Francisco]] [[Six Gallery reading]] in 1955, which was rendered in barely fictionalized terms in [[Jack Kerouac]]'s ''[[The Dharma Bums]]''. He soon became a key member of the [[Beat Generation]] and is immortalized as "Pat McLear" in Kerouac's ''[[Big Sur (novel)|Big Sur]]''. | ||
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Michael McClure (October 20, 1932 – May 4, 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955, which was rendered in barely fictionalized terms in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of the Beat Generation and is immortalized as "Pat McLear" in Kerouac's Big Sur.
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