Tag Archives: Beat Generation

RIP Diane di Prima (1934 – 2020)

Diane di Prima was an American poet.

Her book Memoirs of a Beatnik (1969) was a fictionalized, erotic account about her experience in the Beat movement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlF_al8QuF4&ab_channel=J.ChristianGuerrero
Gang of Souls (1989), di Prima is from 2:20 onwards

Di Prima is featured in Gang of Souls (1989), the Maria Beatty documentary on Beat poets.

RIP Michael McClure (1932 – 2020)

Michael McClure was an American poet and writer known for his association with the Beat Generation.

Here he can be seen reading poetry to the lions. Apparently the origin of this footage is from the USA: Poetry television series. Michael McClure reads some of his 99 Ghost Tantras in the lion house of the San Francisco Zoo.