Category: Summer 2012 – Auerhahn Press Tribute
David Meltzer
a “second generation Beat writer,” he came to San Francisco in 1957. During the late 1950s period of the San Francisco renaissance, his personal
Michael McClure
at the age of 22 he gave his first poetry reading at the legendary Six Gallery event in San Francisco, where Allen Ginsberg first read “Howl.”
Ron Loewinsohn
has been associated with San Francisco poetry renaissance since the late 1950s. In the early 1960s he taught at San Francisco State College, and
Philip Lamantia
October 23, 1927– March 7, 2005. He was born in San Francisco and raised in that city’s Excelsior neighborhood. He began writing poetry in
Joanne Kyger
born in Vallejo, California in 1934 she is an American poet influenced by her practice of Zen Buddhism and her ties to the poets of Black
Andrew Hoyem
was born in South Dakota in 1935 and has lived in California since 1946. After Pomona College and three years as a naval officer, he became a
Joko Dave Haselwood
is a Soto Zen priest and guiding teacher of Empty Bowl Sangha in Cotati, California. A Dharma heir of Jisho Warner –Roshi, he began his Zen
Donald Guravich
is a writer and illustrator. He has been a frequent guest faculty member at Naropa University’s Summer Writing Program, in Boulder, Colorado. His
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
born March 24, 1919, is an American poet, painter, liberal activist, and the co – founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.
Diane di Prima
born in Brooklyn, New York, she is, undeniably, the most well – known female Beat poet. She attended Swarthmore College, then moved to