{"product_id":"mule-kick-blues-and-last-poems","title":"Mule Kick Blues: And Last Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe final book of poems from a Beat Generation legend, \u003cem\u003eMule Kick Blues\u003c\/em\u003e finds McClure restlessly innovating until the end.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat a beautiful book. ... I can't think of any contemporary artist who explores the interior, the inside-out of the dharma as magically and freely as McClure except maybe for David Lynch. Were they friends?--\u003cstrong\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis legendary rockstar eco-poet's gemlike modal structures will keep humming while 'black ants circle a bubble of honey.' A final performance from a master poet.--\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Waldman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMule Kick Blues\u003c\/em\u003e is the final book of poems by Beat Generation legend Michael McClure. A powerful collection of new work written during the last years of McClure's life, \u003cem\u003eMule Kick Blues\u003c\/em\u003e was readied for publication before the poet's death in May 2020. Its opening section gives us a rare view into his thoughts about his own mortality, particularly in the moving sequence Death Poems. The book takes its title from an innovative series of homages to blues musicians like Leadbelly and Howlin' Wolf, and evoking Kerouac's concept of blues poems. Featuring shout-outs to lifelong friends like Philip Whalen, Diane di Prima, and Gary Snyder, the long poem Fragments of Narcissus, and the eco-logical and zen-infused themes for which he is known, \u003cem\u003eMule Kick Blue\u003c\/em\u003es is a definitive statement by one of the most significant American poets of the last sixty years. Introduction by poet Garrett Caples, McClure's editor at City Lights.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39326119297124,"sku":"9780872868144","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/mule-kick-blues-and-last-poems","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}