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Poetry. A book of art and writing by the American poet, Jack Micheline, ONE OF A KIND combines unpublished work selected from the poet's archives with rare writings from all points in his career. It is the first large selction of Micheline's work to appear since 1999. ... Read more

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"Sixty-Seven Poems For Downtrodden Saints" is the lastbook completed by poet, Jack Micheline, prior to his death. It is animportant publication and one of Micheline's finest, representing agreat variety of Micheline's body of work, and includes many uniquephotos and graphics of "Beat Generation" writers. This book is atreasure. ... Read more

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saints rejoice!
unknown scrawling lyrical madness on boxcars of desire
too fast too fast ...
a street poet, not a beat poet
poet, even? sure
wordsmith of no reknown
kind kindred of whitman prosey past
knock down drag out breaking hearts
put it down long ago
i am finding out now
read it aloud in the streets of your youth
don't pretend to understand but leave a little room for the
beauty that is everywhere ...

at last a fitting tribute to an overlooked american legend
at long last jack micheline has been given a fitting tribute...of course following in the great american tradition you must of course be dead to acquire fame and or at least a hint of reception...this is a fabulous collection of poetry artwork reviews and correspondence...this is the tip of an enormous unpublished iceberg that is the scattered works of jack micheline.

A superb collection of the work and life of Micheline
A lot of ink has been spilled on the "beat" writers but many of these beats spent much of their time in front of cameras and at writing conferences. Jack Micheline lived, breathed, laboured and endured as astreet poet. He lived in run-down hotel rooms and captured what he saw.Hewrites about real people. This volume, done masterfully by Matt Gonzalez isan important contribution to real American literary history and not themedia hype. I love all the photo's and Micheline art work and extra's. ... Read more

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Reprint edition of Beat poet Jack Micheline's first book - a 1957 Beat Generation Classic with the original introduction by Jack Kerouac. One of 100 copies signed by Jack Micheline. ... Read more

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poor quality publishing/editing for a great batch of poems
micheline is perhaps the greatest unsung american hero...true grit guts smashed on city streets finding beauty in the absurdity of it all...however the publisher of this particular book did a horrible editing job allowing many mistakes to remain in the text...great poet victim of a bad production...

Basic Micheline
For many in the Beat scene, Jack Micheline fully embodied the "Street Poet" -- a poet who not only stayed close to the street where the action was, but also one whose reveries followed the bright lights and dark alleys of a seemingly endless city, taking in everything, whether beatific or repulsive, energizing or dull, overheated or completely cool, and, just as important, let it go by without letting it trap him in euphotia or rage. This approach presents a kaleidoscope of images, dazzling and subdued. Perhaps at its deepest artistic level, this shimmering river of words works its way into an improvised poetry where changing rhythms and free associations reach the most basic pulse of the reader or listener. Musicians particularly appreciated Micheline's public readings, which could resemble jazz scatting. As with many Beat poets, the music of Micheline's verse reflected the stimulus and internalization of bop and cool jazz. Part of the magic of this poetry is the way Micheline can sustain a strong melodic line even when the sense of his words falters -- which happens often enough. The Beat milieu placed a strong emphasis on personalities and the adventurous stories that radiated from them. This was one of the forces that made the Beat movement break out of the accademic literary modes of the mid 20th century, and one of the reasons why readers keep coming back to the classic Beats. An unfortunate casualty of this tendency, however, was that it left some figures such as Ira Cohen, d.a.levy, and Jack Micheline in the position of legends, remembered for their stories, while their poetry went unread by all but a relatively small group of adicionados. The most recent wave of interest in the classic Beats includes a health interest in the poetry behind such mythologized figures, and, in the process, Micheline may move out of the role of cult hero to a widr audience. It seems fortunate that this relatively small volume, essentially the same as the first edition, is still available as a book of its own. The volume focuses attention on Micheline's basics, and carries with it some of the aura and immediacy of the book when it first came off the press. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Kathy Acker, Harold Norse, Sapphire, Kirby Doyle, D. A. Levy, Jack Hirschman, Jack Micheline, William Wantling, S.a. Griffin, Alan Kaufman, David Trinidad, Rebecca Fransway, Steve Richmond, A. D. Winans. Excerpt:Allan Davis Winans (born 12 January 1936 in San Francisco, California ), known as A. D. Winans , is an American poet , essayist , and short story writer. Moving to San Francisco's North Beach in 1958, he became a Beat poet and friends with Bob Kaufman , Jack Micheline , and Charles Bukowski . He graduated from San Francisco State University in 1962. Along with poets Allen Ginsberg , John Kelly, Bob Kaufman , and William Margolis, Winans was one of the founders of Beatitude magazine in 1959. Winans has had poetry, book reviews, and short stories published in 500 magazines, has written 30 books of poetry, and three books of prose. Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Alan Kaufman is an American novelist , memoirist and poet who was instrumental in the development of the Spoken Word movement in literature . He is the author of the memoir Jew Boy , the novel Matches , and is listed as editor of The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry'. He is also listed as co-editor of The Outlaw Bible of American Literature , alongside Barney Rosset and Neil Ortenberg. Background Kaufman is the editor of many anthologies, including The Outlaw Bible of American Literature , which was reviewed on the cover of the New York Times Book Review and The New Generation:Fiction For Our Time From America's Writing Programs . His anthology, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry The final entry of the Outlaw anthologies trilogy, The Outlaw Bible of American Essays , appeared on bookshelves during the Fall of 2006. He is also the author of a volume of poetry, 'Who Are We?' Kaufm... ... Read more

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With the publication of RAGGED LION, Vagabond Press has made a major contribution to the annals of America's literary history. RAGGED LION is a must-read for anyone interested in what American literature was all about in the second half of the Twentieth Century.....

Ragged Lion is a celebration of Micheline's existence, which--from all indications--is going strong, somewhere out there beyond our wildest dreams. ... Read more