Poetry. Kyger's poetry is a daily, hourly, rumination/celebration of human existence, ritual, and physicality, of "how one thing happens after another, seasons, weather, feelings, friends." SOME LIFE exhibits Kyger's keen observations, her biting wit and her diary-like method of composition all while investigating the role of the poet as citizen, artist and connector. "She's one of our hidden treasures -- the poet who really links the Beats, the Spicer Circle, the Bolinas Poets, the New York School, and the Language poets, and the only poet who can be said to do all of the above" -- Ron Silliman. Other titles available through SPD are ALL THIS EVERY DAY (1975) and AGAIN: POEMS 1989-2000 (2001).

Author City: San Francisco, CA USA

A native California writer, Joanne Kyger is the author of more than 20 books of poetry. She is known for her ties to the poets of Black Mountain College, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the Beat Generation. Her most recent books are About Now: Collected Poems, 1957-2004 (National Poetry Foundation, 2007) and Not Veracruz (Libellum Press, 2007). She taught for many years at Naropa University's poetics program, and The New College of San Francisco. She lives on the coast north of San Francisco.