"On January 24, 1968, Jim Morrison attended a performance of Michael McClure’s avant-garde play The Beard at the Warner Playhouse in Los Angeles, accompanied by Pamela Courson and her sister, Judy. The evening brought together a circle of artists and thinkers who embodied the city’s late-1960s creative energy. Morrison, already renowned as The Doors’ charismatic frontman, was deeply inspired by McClure’s poetic exploration of human expression and imagination. The event, filled with artistic pass

Video of Michael McClure reading poetry to lions (no, really) from Richard O. Moore's 1966 series USA Poetry. We're releasing this video to celebrate the publication of his newest book of poetry, Of Indigo and Saffron, available here: http://is.gd/BWT9lf. | University of California Press