1932-10-20 Marysville, Kansas, USA
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 barely fictionalized in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of the Beat Generation and was immortalized as Pat McLear in Kerouac's Big Sur.
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Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin' - The Story of L.A. Woman | Self | 2012-01-24 |
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Rock Poet: Jim Morrison | Self | 2010-07-18 |
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Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder | Self | 2009-04-01 |
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The Source | Self | 1999-01-23 |
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Poetry in Motion | Self | 1982-09-17 |
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The Last Waltz | Self | 1978-04-26 |
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Visions of a City | Himself | 1978-01-01 |
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Maidstone | 1971-03-09 | |
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The Hired Hand | Plummer | 1971-08-11 |
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Lions Love | The Beard Writer (uncredited) | 1969-10-12 |
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Beyond the Law | Grahr | 1968-04-02 |
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Be-In | Self | 1967-02-01 |
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Liberty Crown | Himself | 1967-01-01 |
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Two: Creeley/McClure | 1965-12-31 | |
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Triptych in Four Parts | 1958-05-11 | |
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Spectre Mystagogic | 1957-01-01 |