Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko Michael McClure (Oketopa 20, 1932 <unk> Mei 4, 2020) he kaitoi Amerika, kaituhi whakaari, kaituhi waiata, me te kaituhi pukapuka. Whai muri i tana neke ki San Francisco i a ia e tamariki ana, i rongonui ia hei tetahi o nga kaitito e rima (tae atu ki a Allen Ginsberg) i panui i te panui rongonui o San Francisco Six Gallery
i te tau 1955, i whakaahuatia i roto i ngā kupu kōrero noa 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".