Jack Spicer

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American poet LGBT poet human poet

Jack Spicer was an influential American poet associated with the mid-20th-century San Francisco Renaissance, known for his innovative, linguistically experimental verse and his role in shaping West Coast poetry.

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Jack Spicer canonical 8

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instanceOf American poet ⓘ
LGBT poet ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
associatedWith Robert Duncan ⓘ
Robin Blaser ⓘ
San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
familyName Spicer ⓘ
fieldOfWork American literature ⓘ
literary modernism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
genre experimental poetry ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
surrealist poetry ⓘ
givenName Jack ⓘ
hasInfluenced contemporary experimental poetry ⓘ
influenced Language poets ⓘ
San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco Renaissance poets

West Coast Beat artists ⓘ
surface form: West Coast poets
influencedBy Ezra Pound ⓘ
Federico García Lorca ⓘ
William Carlos Williams ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement New American Poetry ⓘ
San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ
postmodern poetry ⓘ
name Jack Spicer self-link ⓘ
notableFor linguistically experimental verse ⓘ
poetics of dictation ⓘ
serial poem form ⓘ
notableWork A Book of Music ⓘ
After Lorca ⓘ
Billy the Kid ⓘ
Language ⓘ
The Collected Books of Jack Spicer ⓘ
The Heads of the Town up to the Aether ⓘ
Holy Grail ⓘ
surface form: The Holy Grail
occupation poet ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfEducation Berkeley ⓘ
surface form: Berkeley, California
positionHeld San Francisco State University ⓘ
surface form: teacher at San Francisco State College

teacher in various Bay Area institutions ⓘ
residence San Francisco ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
workLocation San Francisco ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California

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San Francisco Renaissance → hasParticipant → Jack Spicer ⓘ
Jack Spicer → name → Jack Spicer self-link ⓘ
Robert Duncan–Jack Spicer circle → hasMember → Jack Spicer ⓘ
Six Gallery → foundedBy → Jack Spicer ⓘ
After Lorca → author → Jack Spicer ⓘ
Robin Blaser → influencedBy → Jack Spicer ⓘ
Madeline Gleason → associatedWith → Jack Spicer ⓘ
Ruth Witt-Diamant → collaboratedWith → Jack Spicer ⓘ