Michael McClure

Known for ActingBorn 1932-10-20Died 2020-05-04Marysville, Kansas, USA

Michael McClure (October 20, 1932 – May 4, 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955, which was barely fictionalized in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of the Beat Generation and was immortalized as Pat McLear in Kerouac's Big Sur.Read more

Movies & web series

Poetry in Motion

Visions of a City

Classic Albums

The Last Waltz

Rock Poet: Jim Morrison

The King of Queens

Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin' - The Story of L.A. Woman

The Hired Hand

Spectre Mystagogic

Lions Love

The Source

Beyond the Law

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

Be-In

Two: Creeley/McClure

Maidstone

Liberty Crown

Triptych in Four Parts