Arcanes

by Jack Hirschman

Vous avez dit Jack Hirschman ? Immense inconnu.
Avec Jack Kerouac pourtant, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs et Lawrence Ferlinghetti (ses amis de longue date), il est un des grands représentants et en même temps un des grands dissidents, fraternel et virulent, de cette " beat generation " qui a explosé à partir de 1955 à San Francisco, et bouleversé rapidement la société et la culture des Etats-Unis. Avec la publication de ces Arcanes, il devrait faire entendre sa voix de " poète guerrier ", d'infatigable street poet.

319 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2004

About the author

Jack Hirschman is a San Francisco poet, translator, and editor. His powerfully eloquent voice set the tone for political poetry in this country many years ago. Since leaving a teaching career in the 60s, Hirschman has taken the free exchange of poetry and politics into the streets where he is, in the words of poet Luke Breit, "America s most important living poet." He is the author of numerous books of poetry, plus some 45 translations from a half a dozen languages, as well as the editor of anthologies and journals. Among his many volumes of poetry are Endless Threshold, The Xibalba Arcane, and Lyripol (City Lights, 1976). "