The poets who appear in these three group shots all contributed poems to my anthology: “POETRY LOVES POETRY” (Momentum Press, 1985). Five of them also were featured poets in my anthology, “THE STREETS INSIDE: Ten Los Angeles Poets” (Momentum Press, 1978), which Robert Kirsch praised in the Los Angeles Times as indicating a “golden age” in Los Angeles poetry. These three group photographs respectively appeared in articles, during the 1980s, in the L.A. Herald-Examiner; the Los Angeles READER; and the L.A. Times.
In alphabetical order:
Kate Braverman
Wanda Coleman
Dennis Cooper
Bob Flanagan
Eloise Klein Healy
Leland Hickman
Jim Krusoe
Bill Mohr
Holly Prado
Paul Vangelisti
Half of these 10 poets are dead. A 40th anniversary reunion reading won’t be the same without them.
(Moving clockwise from Cooper (seated); Vangelisti, Prado, Mohr, Hickman)
(Moving clockwise from Cooper (seated); Vangelisti, Prado, Mohr, Hickman)
(from left to right: Kurosue, Flanagan; Mohr)
(left to right: Braverman, early, Prado, Mohr, Coleman)
About Bill Mohr