Overtime Selected Poems
- List Price: $20.00
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Penguin USA
- Publish date: 04/01/1999
Description:
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.
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