The Moth Poem
San Francisco, CA: Open Space, 1965. Second Edition. Softcover. Offered here is the demonstrably “projective” 1964 poem-sequence-in-chapbook-form by Robin Blaser, “The Moth Poem.” Blaser was born in Twin Falls, Idaho in 1925: a near-direct contemporary of Beat Generation “Founders” like Allen Ginsberg, who was born in Paterson, NJ the following year. Unlike Ginsberg, however, Blaser formed key, early professional acquaintances with West Coast mavens of the San Francisco Renaissance; befriending..... More
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