Research Catalog

Title

Poems of Dr Innisfree / Jack Micheline.

Author

Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998.

Publication

San Francisco : Beatitude Press, 1975.

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Details

Additional Authors

Mitchell, James.

Description

[48] p. : port.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 > Portraits
• Beats (Persons) > Poetry

Note

• "North Beach" in imprint statement.
• Issued in perfect-bound, blue, printed wrappers, with title and author's name printed on black on front wrapper, and monochrome reproduction of b&w photograph of Micheline by James Mitchell reproduced on back wrapper.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Jack Micheline was a Beat poet, short-story writer, and painter, who quickly became an important figure in the San Francisco Renaissance when he arrived in the city in the early 1960s. He was born Harold Martin Silver to a Romanian-Jewish family in the Bronx, and took his pen name from a combination of Jack London's first name and a recreation of his mother's maiden name, Mitchell. In New York's Greenwich Village, he socialized with Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Herbert Gold, Franz Kline, Norman Mailer, and other Village Beats and habitues. Kerouac wrote the introduction to his first collection of poetry, River of Red Wine (Troubador Press, 1957), which was favorably reviewed by Dorothy Parker in Esquire magazine. In San Francisco, his closest friends were the poets Charles Bukowski and A. D. Winans. The back room at San Francisco's Abandoned Planet Bookstore, until its closing, showcased Micheline's murals.

Call Number

Berg Coll Micheline P64 1975

OCLC

2179644

Author

Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998.

Title

Poems of Dr Innisfree / Jack Micheline.

Imprint

San Francisco : Beatitude Press, 1975.

Access

Restricted access; request permission from holding division.

Biography

Jack Micheline was a Beat poet, short-story writer, and painter, who quickly became an important figure in the San Francisco Renaissance when he arrived in the city in the early 1960s. He was born Harold Martin Silver to a Romanian-Jewish family in the Bronx, and took his pen name from a combination of Jack London's first name and a recreation of his mother's maiden name, Mitchell. In New York's Greenwich Village, he socialized with Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Herbert Gold, Franz Kline, Norman Mailer, and other Village Beats and habitues. Kerouac wrote the introduction to his first collection of poetry, River of Red Wine (Troubador Press, 1957), which was favorably reviewed by Dorothy Parker in Esquire magazine. In San Francisco, his closest friends were the poets Charles Bukowski and A. D. Winans. The back room at San Francisco's Abandoned Planet Bookstore, until its closing, showcased Micheline's murals.

Local Note

Berg Collection copy with autograph dated inscription ("Feb 12, 1976 / For Nancy / With love Jack Micheline") and small drawing of decorative letter "M," in blue felt pen on front wrapper, verso.

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Added Author

Mitchell, James. Photographer

Other Form:

Online version: Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998. Poems of Dr Innisfree. San Francisco : Beatitude Press, 1975 (OCoLC)707597467

Research Call Number

Berg Coll Micheline P64 1975