Olmsted's long poem "Poe's Voice" about his father's death, companion to his "Son of Kong is Drowning" in RÉSUMÉ, is included in this rare edition out of San Francisco's brief but legendary Wordland poetry collective and nightclub.
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...brings the new breed of tough, street-smart spoken word artists together with Beats, rappers, rockers and radical intellectuals. -- Alan Kaufman
MARC OLMSTED inherited Burroughs' scientific nerve & Kerouac's movie-minded line nailed down with gold eyebeam in San Francisco. -- Allen Ginsberg, NEW DIRECTIONS IN PROSE & POETRY #37, 1978
MARC OLMSTED inherited Burroughs' scientific nerve & Kerouac's movie-minded line nailed down with gold eyebeam in San Francisco. -- Allen Ginsberg, NEW DIRECTIONS IN PROSE & POETRY #37, 1978
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Allen Ginsberg said "MARC OLMSTED inherited Burroughs' scientific nerve & Kerouac's movie-minded line nailed down with gold eyebeam in San Francisco.
" Olmsted has appeared in CITY LIGHTS JOURNAL, NEW DIRECTIONS IN PROSE & POETRY, OUTLAW BIBLE OF AMERICAN POETRY, SIGNS OF LIFE (a Manic D Press anthology), PROCESSED WORLD, Flesheater Chris D's BONGO CHALICE, BLUE SATELLITE and a variety of small presses. His work includes the books MILKY DESIRE (Subterranean Press, 1991) and RÉSUMÉ (Inevitable Press, 1998).
He has also made two short films, BURROUGHS ON BOWERY, a portrait of the NAKED LUNCH author, and AMERICAN MUTANT, with Burroughs, Ginsberg & Leary.
Olmsted appeared at the L.A. Ginsberg Memorial along with Tom Waits, Exxene and Johnny Depp. His new book, WHAT USE AM I A HUNGRY GHOST? - POEMS FROM 3-YEAR RETREAT (Valley Contemporary Press, 2001), has an introduction by Ginsberg.
Olmsted is a senior student of Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. Olmsted has studied Buddhism since 1974 and completed a 3-year retreat supervised by his teacher. Afterwards, he was encouraged to teach in the San Francisco chapter of Tharchin Rinpoche's students, Last Chance Gompa.
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