{"product_id":"san-francisco-beat-talking-with-the-poets-9780872863798","title":"San Francisco Beat: Talking with the Poets","description":"Essential interviews with makers of the San Francisco Beat Scene by one of their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-230835\"\u003eDavid Meltzer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.53h x 5.57w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872863798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0872863794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT014000\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036060\"\u003eUnited States | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poet at age 11, David Meltzer began his literary career during the Beat heyday in San Francisco and early on took his poetry to jazz for improv wonders, which he continues to astound listeners with today. He is the author of many volumes of poetry including \u003cem\u003eThe Clown\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Process\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eArrows: Selected Poetry, 1957 - 1992\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNo Eyes: Lester Young\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBeat Thing\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDavid's Copy\u003c\/em\u003e. City Lights published his most recent book of poetry, \u003cem\u003eWhen I Was A Poe\u003c\/em\u003et, as #60 in the Pocket Poet's Series, and a reissue of his classic book of poetics, \u003cem\u003eTwo-Way Mirror: A Poetry Notebook\u003c\/em\u003e. Meltzer edited numerous anthologies such as \u003cem\u003eReading Jazz, Writing Jazz\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Beat: Talking with the Poets\u003c\/em\u003e. He was also the lead singer and guitarist of the psychedelic folk-rock group The Serpent Power, whose eponymous 1967 Vanguard Records LP was listed by \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone \u003c\/em\u003eas one of the top 40 albums of the Summer of Love (which included a number of classic albums released that year, including \u003cem\u003eSgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band\u003c\/em\u003e by The Beatles). He taught in the Humanities and graduate Poetics programs at the New College of California in San Francisco for 30 years. In 2011 he received the SF Bay Guardian's Lifetime Achievement Award. He died in December 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44443650293997,"sku":"9780872863798","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b994c41a-7d15-4116-9c98-721cb23d02e0.jpg?v=1700234044","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/san-francisco-beat-talking-with-the-poets-9780872863798","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}