Philip Whalen - Overtime - Selected Poems
Author(s): Philip Whalen
Like his college roommate Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen took both poetry and Zen seriously. He became friends with Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Michael McClure, and played a key role in the explosive poetic revolution of the '50s and '60s. Celebrated for his wisdom and good humor, Whalen transformed the poem for a generation. His writing, taken as a whole, forms a monumental stream of consciousness (or, as Whalen calls it, "continuous nerve movie") of a wild, deeply read, and fiercely independent American--one who refuses to belong, who celebrates and glorifies the small beauties to be found everywhere he looks. This long-awaited Selected Poems is a welcome opportunity to hear his influential voice again.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books
- : Penguin Books
- : 0.448
- : 01 May 1999
- : 22.5 Centimeters X 53.5 Centimeters X 30 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Philip Whalen
- : Paperback
- : very good
- : 336