Edward Dorn A World of Difference

After initiating a critical involvement with new poetics in dialogue with his mentor Charles Olson at Black Mountain College in the 1950s, Dorn wandered the trans-mountain West following the variable winds of writing and casual employment until the mid-1960s, when a time of trial and change resulted in the beginnings of the groundbreaking long poemGunslinger. This first biography by his longtime friend and fellow poet Tom Clarkauthor of previous biographies of Jack Kerouac, Ted Berrigan, Charles Olson and Robert Creeleyoffers a record of Dorn's life and work drawing upon fresh testimony, letters and unpublished manuscript material provided by surviving family members.Clark, Tom is the author of 'Edward Dorn A World of Difference' with ISBN 9781556433979 and ISBN 1556433972.