Poems from two classic volumes of Beat poetry explore spiritual discovery, political protest, the antiwar movement, Zen Buddhism, and individual anarchism.

This insider's view of the Beat scene of the fifties and early sixties vividly marks the advancement of a new perception of art as "a living bio-alchemical organism" through essays by a poet and playwright who helped shape the movement.

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Lion roars, detonated dada, and visceral emotional truths: McClure describes these tantras as "ceremonies to change the nature of reality."

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Eco-poetic innovations and ecstatic meditations from a founding member of the Beat Generation, Michael McClure.

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The final book of poems from a Beat Generation legend, Mule Kick Blues finds McClure restlessly innovating until the end.