David Meltzer is the author of many volumes of poetry, including The Clown, The Process, Yesod, Arrows: Selected Poetry, 1957-1992, and No Eyes: Lester Young. He has also published fiction, including The Agency Trilogy, Orf, Under, and book-length essays, including Two-Way Mirror: A Poetry Notebook. He has edited numerous anthologies and collections of interviews, including The Secret Garden: An Anthology in the Kabbalah; Birth: Anthology of Ancients Texts, Songs, Prayers, and Stories; Death: Anthology of Texts, Songs, Charms, Prayers, and Tales; Reading Jazz; Writing Jazz; and San Francisco Beat: Talking With the Poets. His musical recordings include Serpent Power and Poet Song. He teaches in the humanities and graduate poetics programs at the New College of California, San Francisco. He lives in the Bay Area.
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