Jack Spicer (1925 - 1965)

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John Lester Spicer was born on January 30, 1925, in Hollywood, California, where his parents managed a small hotel. Migrating north in 1945, he arrived on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. He formed enduring connections with two other students, the poets Robin Blaser and Robert Duncan, and studied Old Norse, Anglo-Saxon, and German to prepare for a career in linguistics. This putative career was blighted by Spicer's refusal to sign the "Loyalty Oath," a provision of the S.. Continue..

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A Red Wheelbarrow

Fifteen False Propositions Against God - Section XIII

Fifteen False Propositions Against God - Section XIV

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Thing Language

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