Clark Coolidge

Originally from Providence, Rhode Island, Clark Coolidge is the author of more than fifty books of poetry, including A Book Beginning What and Ending Away, Selected Poems: 1962-1985, The Land of All Time and To the Cold Heart . In 2011, he edited Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations for University of California Press. Initially a drummer, he was a member of David Meltzer's Serpent Power in 1967 and Mix group in 1993-1994. More recently, Coolidge has performed duos with...See more

Originally from Providence, Rhode Island, Clark Coolidge is the author of more than fifty books of poetry, including A Book Beginning What and Ending Away, Selected Poems: 1962-1985, The Land of All Time and To the Cold Heart . In 2011, he edited Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations for University of California Press. Initially a drummer, he was a member of David Meltzer's Serpent Power in 1967 and Mix group in 1993-1994. More recently, Coolidge has performed duos with Thurston Moore ( Among the Poetry Stricken , on Fast Speaking Music) and free improv with Ouroboros. He now lives in Petaluma, California. See less