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Robert Duncan, The Ambassador from Venus: A Biography

By Lisa Jarnot, Michael Davidson (Foreword by)
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By Lisa Jarnot, Michael Davidson (Foreword by)
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This definitive biography gives a brilliant account of the life and art of Robert Duncan (1919–1988), one of America’s great postwar poets. Lisa Jarnot takes us from Duncan’s birth in Oakland, California, through his childhood in an eccentrically Theosophist household, to his life in San Francisco as an openly gay man who became an inspirational figure for the many poets and painters who gathered around him. Weaving together quotations from Duncan’s notebooks and interviews with those who k...

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AwardsLiterary BiographyAmerican Literary BiographyAmerican Poets - Literary BiographyDuncan, Robert (1919-1988)Poets, American->20th century->Biography2012 National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistsNational Book Critics Circle AwardsPrevious Finalists - National Book Critics Circle Awards