Home News Michael McClure, famed Beat poet who helped launch the SF Renaissance, dead...NewsMichael McClure, famed Beat poet who helped launch the SF Renaissance, dead at 87 09.05.2020640 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 AUTHORHouse introduces bill seeking $5 billion for library facilitiesLibraries oppose censorship. So they’re getting creative when it comes to offensive kids’ booksSix Dr. Seuss books to cease publicationPOPULAR BOOKS[Free eBook] Optimizing software in C++ 18.11.2020How Open Source Ate Software 04.10.2018Get Programming with Haskell 06.04.2018