{"product_id":"huge-dreams-san-francisco-and-beat-poems-paperback","title":"Huge Dreams: San Francisco and Beat Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael McClure\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHuge Dreams\u003c\/b\u003e republishes two books, out of print for thirty years, which together are a cornerstone of the Beat movement: \u003cb\u003eThe New Book\/A Book of Torture and Star\u003c\/b\u003e. Both were influential in expanding poetry into a larger world: the West Coast Beat phenomena, which focused on nature, the environment, antiwar activities, individual anarchism, Zen Buddhism, jazz, and a kind of romantic mystical thought. With these books Michael McClure brought an animal energy and a knowledge of art and physical human nature that was new to the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Book\/A Book of Torture\u003c\/b\u003e was written spontaneously while McClure was in a \"dark night of the soul\" brought on by psychedelics. A single long poem of experience and exploration, it offers the means of liberation from the darkness it examines. Star is a wide-ranging book of chalice seeking, spiritual discovery, and political protest, grounded in the emotions and sensations of eros and play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael McClure has published novels, interviews, essays, and plays. In recent years he has performed his poetry in collaboration with the Doors keyboardist, Ray Manzarek.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.06 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42153138847879,"sku":"9780140589177","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/100f289078302fa7470dc6ee66d0c814.webp?v=1733219275","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/huge-dreams-san-francisco-and-beat-poems-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}