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One of the major poets of the San Francisco Renaissance, Joanne Kyger was born in 1934 in Vallejo, CA. After studying at UC Santa Barbara, she moved to San Francisco in 1957, where she became a member of the circle of poets centered around Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan. In 1960, she joined Gary Snyder in Japan and soon traveled to India where, along with Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky, they met the Dalai Lama—all experiences she has written extensively about. She returned to California in 1964 and published her first book, The Tapestry and the Web, in 1965. In 1969, she settled on the coast north of San Francisco, where she continues to reside today. She has published over 30 books of poetry and prose, including The Japan and India Journals: 1960-1964 (2015), On Time: Poems 2005-2014 (2015), As Ever: Selected Poems (2002), and About Now: Collected Poems (2007), which won the 2008 Josephine Miles Award from PEN Oakland. She has taught at Naropa University, The New College of California, and Mills College. In 2006 she was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.Cedar Sigo was raised on the Suquamish Reservation in the Pacific Northwest and studied at The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute. He is the author of eight books and pamphlets of poetry, including Royals (Wave Books, 2017), Language Arts (Wave Books, 2014), Stranger in Town (City Lights, 2010), Expensive Magic (House Press, 2008), and two editions of Selected Writings (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2003 and 2005). He has taught workshops at St. Mary’s College, Naropa University, and University Press Books. He lives in San Francisco.

• A note on Joanne Kyger by Robert CreeleyIntroduction – Cedar SigoInterview with Paul Watskyfrom The Japan and India Journals, 1960–1964: March 1962Two poems from The Tapestry and the WebInterview with Trevor CarolanMemories of Kerouac – Joanne KygerLetter from Lew Welch (Jan. 9th 1960)Buzz Time – Joanne KygerBuzz photo – Jim HatchTwo poems from The Tapestry and the WebInterview with Linda Russowith photos by Joanne Kyger circa 1958Letter from Paris (April 19, 1966) – Joanne Kyger & Larry FaginLetter from Philip Whalen (1967)Still from Descartes (film, 1968)Letter from Charles Olson (1968)from Descartes and The Splendor OfInterview with Bobbie KimballCover from Joanne (1970, photo by Bill Berkson)Letter to Philip Whalen (1969)from Desecheo NotebookInterview with Lawrence NahemRobert Creeley – Joanne KygerBolinas Hearsay News: Interview with Stephanie Anderson,covers by Arthur Okamura, Philip Whalen & Donald GuravichKent State Arts Festival (1974): broadside and interviewfrom Trip Out and Fall BackGregory Corso – Joanne KygerInterview with John Thorpe“Full of Birds in the First” – Joanne KygerBird Notebooks – Joanne KygerRobert Creeley Introduction to Joanne Kyger Reading (1982)Interview with Dale Smith & Michael Pricefrom Lo & BeholdInterview with David MeltzerJoe Brainard – Joanne KygerJournal sequence for Joe Brainard – Joanne KygerFrames – Anne Waldman (1968)Questions for Joanne Kyger – Anne WaldmanNew Millennium Trip to Patzcuaro – Joanne Kyger (2002)Interview with Tyler Doherty and Tom MorganDEER CROWN – Michael McClure (2003)Interview with Chris McCreary“School for Flowers” – Joanne Kyger (July 19th 1995)“When I step through the door..” – Joanne Kyger (1986)