| |  | Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet (originally, often associated with the Beat Generation), essayist, lecturer, and environmental... |  | Philip Whalen was a poet and a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat generation. Born in Portland, Oregon, Whalen served in the... |  | Lewis Barrett Welch, Jr. is an American poet associated with the Beat generation of poets, artists, and iconoclasts. |  | Lawrence Mark "Larry" Sanger has been involved with various online encyclopedia projects. He is the former editor-in-chief of Nupedia, co-founder... |  | Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American guitarist, singer and composer, known for his slide guitar... |  | James Beard (May 5, 1903-January 21, 1985) was an American chef and food writer. James Beard is recognized by many as the father of American... |  | Barbara Ehrenreich (born August 26 1941, in Butte, Montana) is a prominent American writer, columnist, feminist, socialist and political activist. |  | Katherine Dunn is a best-selling novelist, journalist, voice artist, radio personality, book reviewer, and poet from Portland, Oregon. Dunn was... |  | Peter Norton (born November 14 1943) is an American software publisher, author, and philanthropist. |  | Janet Fitch is most famously known as the author of the Oprah's Book Club novel "White Oleander", which became a film in 2002. She is a graduate of... | |
