Clark CoolidgeOriginally from Providence, Rhode Island, Clark Coolidge is the author of more than fifty books of poetry, including A Book Beginning What and Ending Away, Selected Poems: 1962-1985, The Land of All Time and To the Cold Heart. In 2011, e edited Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations for University of California Press. Initially a drummer, he was a member of David Meltzer’s Serpent Power in 1967 and Mix group in 1993–1994. More recently, Coolidge has performed duos with Thurston Moore (Among the Poetry Stricken, on Fast Speaking Music) and free improv with Ouroboros. He now lives in Petaluma, California. Read More Read Less