Overtime: Selected Poems

Like his college roommate Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen took both poetry and Zen seriously. He became friends with Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Michael McClure, and played a key role in the explosive poetic revolution of the '50s and '60s. Celebrated for his wisdom and good humor, Whalen transformed the poem for a generation. His writing, taken as a whole, forms a monumental stream of consciousness (or, as Whalen calls it, "continuous nerve movie") of a wild, deeply read, and fiercely independent American--one who refuses to belong, who celebrates and glorifies the small beauties to be found everywhere he looks. This long-awaited Selected Poems is a welcome opportunity to hear his influential voice again.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 05/01/1999
ISBN: 9780140589184
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.94h x 5.93w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/29/1999 pg. 98
Booklist 03/15/1999 pg. 1278