Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Michael McClure (Oketopa 20, 1932 <unk> Mei 4, 2020) he kaitoi Amerika, he kaituhi whakaari, he kaituhi waiata, he kaituhi pukapuka. Whai muri i tana neke ki San Francisco i a ia e taiohi ana, i rongonui ia hei tetahi o nga kaitoi e rima (tae atu ki a Allen Ginsberg) i panui i te rongonui o San Francisco
Ko te pānui o te Whare Wānanga Ono i te tau 1955, i tukuna i roto i nga kupu pakiwaitara i roto i a Jack Kerouac's "The Dharma Bums". Kaore i roa ka noho ia hei mema matua o te Whakatupuranga Beat, a, i whakaingoatia hei Pat McLear i Kerouac's "Big Sur".