{"product_id":"mule-kick-blues-and-last-poems-paperback","title":"Mule Kick Blues: And Last Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael McClure\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGarrett Caples\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe final book of poems from a Beat Generation legend, \u003cem\u003eMule Kick Blues\u003c\/em\u003e finds McClure restlessly innovating until the end.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Intelligent, affable and flecked with unconventional typography--as in previous books ... \u003cem\u003eMule Kick Blues\u003c\/em\u003e is an estimable coda to a storied career.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What a beautiful book. ... I can't think of any contemporary artist who explores the interior, the inside-out of the dharma as magically and freely as McClure except maybe for David Lynch. Were they friends?\"--\u003cstrong\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This legendary rockstar eco-poet's gemlike modal structures will keep humming while 'black ants circle a bubble of honey.' A final performance from a master poet.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Waldman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These pyramids and lozenges of crystal and light point in all directions and pierce you with the sobbing foghorn lobs of the ever-morphing ripples of the San Andreas Fault Ensemble. Long live McClure and the Libratonic Scales of Interspecies Justice!\"--\u003cstrong\u003eFilip Marinovich\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His dedication to the pursuit of liberation in craft and subject matter reveals him to be a powerhouse of wisdom, love, joy. In this book, his ferocity and tenderness intertwine. Here are poems of improvisational intensity. And they are great gifts to us.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eUche Nduka\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful collection of new work written during the last years of McClure's life, \u003cem\u003eMule Kick Blues\u003c\/em\u003e was readied for publication before the poet's death in May 2020. Its opening section gives us a rare view into his thoughts about his own mortality, particularly in the moving sequence \"Death Poems.\" The book takes its title from an innovative series of homages to blues musicians like Leadbelly and Howlin' Wolf, and evoking Kerouac's concept of \"blues\" poems. Featuring shout-outs to lifelong friends like Philip Whalen, Diane di Prima, and Gary Snyder, the long poem \"Fragments of Narcissus,\" and the eco-logical and zen-infused themes for which he is known, \u003cem\u003eMule Kick Blue\u003c\/em\u003es is a definitive statement by one of the most significant American poets of the last sixty years. Introduction by poet Garrett Caples, McClure's editor at City Lights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael McClure (1932-2020) was an award-winning American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving San Francisco as a young man, he was one of the five poets who participated in the Six Gallery reading that featured the public debut of Allen Ginsberg's landmark poem \"Howl.\" A key figure of the Beat Generation, McClure is immortalized as Pat McLear in Jack Kerouac's novels \u003cem\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBig Sur\u003c\/em\u003e. He also participated in the 60s counterculture alongside musicians like Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. He taught for many years at California College of the Arts and lived with his wife, Amy, in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarrett Caples is a poet who lives in San Francisco and is an editor at City Lights, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series. He is the author of several books of poetry, most recently \u003cem\u003ePower Ballads\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), and a book of essays, \u003cem\u003eRetrievals\u003c\/em\u003e (2014). His editorial projects include \u003cem\u003ePoems from the Greenberg Manuscripts\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), \u003cem\u003eArcana: A Stephen Jonas Reader\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), \u003cem\u003ePreserving Fire: Selected Prose\u003c\/em\u003e by Philip Lamantia (2018), \u003cem\u003eIncidents of Travel in Poetry: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e by Frank Lima (2016), and \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia\u003c\/em\u003e (2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334715838701,"sku":"9780872868144","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/QBL1RIQa-V9780872868144.webp?v=1785020598","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/mule-kick-blues-and-last-poems-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}