Michael McClure (October 20, 1932 – May 4, 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955, which was barely fictionalized in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of the Beat Generation and was immortalized as Pat McLear in Kerouac's Big Sur.
Michael McClure has 17 screen credits in a career dating back to 1957. Signature works include Visions of a City, Liberty Crown, Spectre Mystagogic. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
