{"product_id":"huge-dreams-san-francisco-and-beat-poems-9780140589177","title":"Huge Dreams: San Francisco and Beat Poems","description":"\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.\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael McClure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.04w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140589177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44114202329203,"sku":"9.78014E+12","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a6ee7455-bc2f-47f5-b400-697525230737.jpg?v=1764162199","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/huge-dreams-san-francisco-and-beat-poems-9780140589177","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}