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Kazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, known for her dramatic readings, at times with jazz music, has died. Shiraishi, whom American poet and translator Kenneth ...
In 1961, his book The Big Beat Scene was published, surveying pop music at the dawn of the "Swinging Sixties". It was reprinted by Music Mentor Press in 2010, with additional comments. [ 9 ] Ellis's novel, Myself For Fame (1964), about a fictional pop star, has a chapter set in Liverpool that seems to recount his experiences with "The Beetles ...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet and political activist who helped launch the Beat movement, died from interstitial lung disease at his home in San Francisco on Monday, his daughter Julie Sasse ...
Joanne Kyger (November 19, 1934 – March 22, 2017) was an American poet.The author of over 30 books of poetry and prose, Kyger was associated with the poets of the San Francisco Renaissance, the Beat Generation, Black Mountain, and the New York School.
TOKYO (AP) — Kazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, known for her dramatic readings, at times with jazz music, has died. She was 93. She was 93. Shiraishi, whom American poet and translator Kenneth Rexroth dubbed “the Allen Ginsberg of Japan,” died of heart failure on June 14, Shichosha, a Tokyo publisher ...
Hettie Jones (née Cohen;15 June 1934 – August 13, 2024) was an American poet.She wrote 23 books that include a memoir of the Beat Generation, three volumes of poetry, and publications for children and young adults, including The Trees Stand Shining and Big Star Fallin' Mama: Five Women in Black Music.
Sheldon “Shel” Talmy, the American-born producer behind classic ‘60s songs by the Who, the Kinks, the Easybeats and even a teenaged David Bowie, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles ...
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