Category: Fall 2011 Poets

Charles Plymell
was born in 1935 in Kansas, involved in the Beat scene in New York in the 1950s, and was a notable figure in the San Francisco literary scene in

David Meltzer
a poet at age eleven and child performer on radio and television, he began his literary career during the Beat heyday in San Francisco and

Joanna McClure
was born in the desert foothills of the Catalina Mountain Ridge near Oracle, Arizona, in 1930. She attended the University of Arizona, majoring

Gerard Malanga
is a poet and photographer born in 1943. He was the chief assistant for artist Andy Warhol in the mid –1960s, with whom he founded the

Lewis MacAdams
is a poet, activist, journalist, and author of a dozen books and tapes of poetry. His poems have appeared in many anthologies over the last

Robert Kelly
after receiving an undergraduate degree in 1955 from the City College of the City University of New York, he studied for three years at Columbia

Ilya Kaminsky
was born in Odessa, former Soviet Union in 1977, and came to the United States in 1993, when his family was granted asylum by the American

Hettie Jones
her twenty – four books include her Beat memoir, How I Became Hettie Jones; Drive, which won the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber

Jen Hofer
is a Los Angeles based poet, translator, interpreter, teacher, knitter, bookmaker, public letter – writer, and urban cyclist. Her most

Jonathan Greene
born in New York City in 1943 he earned his B.A. in literature from Bard College and went on to study poetry with Robert Lowell and folklore with