Clark Coolidge is an American poet born in Providence, Rhode Island. Often associated with the Language School, his experience as a Jazz drummer and interest in a wide array of subjects--- including caves, geology, bebop, weather, Salvador Dalí, Jack Kerouac, and movies--- often finds correspondence in his work. Coolidge grew up in Providence, Rhode Island and has lived, among other places, in Manhattan, Cambridge (MA), San Francisco, Rome (Italy), and the Berkshire Hills. Wikipedia
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Clark Coolidge gets credit for a lot of things, virtually all of it deserved, but generally I dont think there has been enough recognition of his stellar work as a literary critic, as such. ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/07/clark-coolidge-gets-cred...
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, and I would say Kenny Clarke, the drummer, probably had the most to do with changing the music, inventing the Bop forms. www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/kerouac-per-coolidge....
