Home News Michael McClure, famed Beat poet who helped launch the SF Renaissance, dead... News Michael McClure, famed Beat poet who helped launch the SF Renaissance, dead at 87 09.05.2020 124 0 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Michael McClure, the young poet recruited to put together the famed Six Gallery readings in 1955 that launched the San Francisco Renaissance and the legend of the Beats, died Monday, May 4, at his home in the Oakland hills. He was 87. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Jesmyn Ward becomes youngest person to win Library of Congress lifetime achievement award Cyber attack on Macmillan, site down since Saturday Kalani Pickhart’s debut set in Ukraine wins Young Lions Fiction Award POPULAR BOOKS Latest News: Library Acquires Art Buchwald Papers 11.03.2018 Java: The Complete Reference, 10th edition 30.03.2018 Exam Ref 70-743 Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA 04.07.2018