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Kyger studied at [[Santa Barbara College]] but left before graduating. She moved to San Francisco and became involved with the poetry scene around [[Jack Spicer]] and [[Robert Duncan (poet)|Robert Duncan]]. |
Kyger studied at [[Santa Barbara College]] but left before graduating. She moved to San Francisco and became involved with the poetry scene around [[Jack Spicer]] and [[Robert Duncan (poet)|Robert Duncan]]. |
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In [[1959]] she moved to [[Japan]] with [[Gary Snyder]] and then travelled to [[India]] with Snyder, [[Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Peter Orlovsky]]. She returned to the United States in [[1964]] and her first book, ''The Tapestry and the Web'' was published the next year. |
In [[1959]] she moved to [[Japan]] with [[Gary Snyder]] (to whom she was married from 1960 to 1965) and then travelled to [[India]] with Snyder, [[Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Peter Orlovsky]]. She returned to the United States in [[1964]] and her first book, ''The Tapestry and the Web'' was published the next year. |
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Back in [[San Francisco]], she practiced [[zazen]] under [[Shunryu Suzuki]]. In 1965, she married Jack Boyce.<ref>http://www.cuke.com/Cucumber%20Project/interviews/kyger.html</ref> |
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Kyger has published more than twenty books of poetry and prose, including ''Going On: Selected Poems, 1958-1980'' ([[1983]]) <ref>a winner in the [http://www.nationalpoetryseries.org/ National Poetry Series]</ref> and ''Just Space: poems, 1979-1989'' ([[1991]]). She has lived in [[Bolinas]] since [[1968]], where she has edited the local newspaper and done some occasional teaching at the [[Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics]] at the [[Naropa Institute]] in [[Boulder, Colorado]]. |
Kyger has published more than twenty books of poetry and prose, including ''Going On: Selected Poems, 1958-1980'' ([[1983]]) <ref>a winner in the [http://www.nationalpoetryseries.org/ National Poetry Series]</ref> and ''Just Space: poems, 1979-1989'' ([[1991]]). She has lived in [[Bolinas]] since [[1968]], where she has edited the local newspaper and done some occasional teaching at the [[Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics]] at the [[Naropa Institute]] in [[Boulder, Colorado]]. |
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Revision as of 14:03, 12 May 2008
Joanne Kyger (born November 19, 1934) is an American poet. Her poetry is influenced by her practice of Zen Buddhism and her ties to the poets of the Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the Beat generation.
Overview
Kyger studied at Santa Barbara College but left before graduating. She moved to San Francisco and became involved with the poetry scene around Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan.
In 1959 she moved to Japan with Gary Snyder (to whom she was married from 1960 to 1965) and then travelled to India with Snyder, Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky. She returned to the United States in 1964 and her first book, The Tapestry and the Web was published the next year.
Back in San Francisco, she practiced zazen under Shunryu Suzuki. In 1965, she married Jack Boyce.[1]
Kyger has published more than twenty books of poetry and prose, including Going On: Selected Poems, 1958-1980 (1983) [2] and Just Space: poems, 1979-1989 (1991). She has lived in Bolinas since 1968, where she has edited the local newspaper and done some occasional teaching at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
In 2000, Kyger published a collection of autobiographical writings: Strange Big Moon: Japan and India Journals, 1960-1964, which Anne Waldman has called "one of the finest books ever in the genre of 'journal writing.'"
Most recent poetry collections: God Never Dies (Blue Press), The Distressed Look (Coyote Books), Again (La Alameda Press), and As Ever: Selected Poems published by Penguin Books. As of the Fall 2006, her latest collection About Now: Collected Poems is forthcoming from National Poetry Foundation.
Notes
See also
External links
- Joanne Kyger at the EPC
- Interview with Joanne Kyger
- "to be Jack Spicer in a dream": Joanne Kyger and the San Francisco Renaissance, 1957-65 essay by Linda Russo at Jacket Magazine website
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