Beat poet Andy Clausen read and lead workshops in Las Vegas. Andy Clausen, the poet whom Allen Ginsberg called “a vox populi of the democratic unconscious” visited Las Vegas on November 8 & 9.
Poetry Promise partnered with our Clark County Poet Laureate, Heather Lang-Cassera, to coordinate the following events:
Reading—Friday, November 8, 7:00 p.m. at the Jewel Box Theater in the Clark County Library, 1401 E Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89119.
Discussion—Friday, November 8, 1:00-2:30 p.m. at Nevada State College Liberal Arts & Sciences Room 124 (near the writing center), 1300 Nevada State Dr., Henderson, NV 89002.
Writer’s Workshop—Saturday, November 9, 2:00-4:00 p.m. at Winchester-Dondero Cultural Center, 3130 McLeod Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89121.
Cost: All events were free and open to the public.
Andy Clausen left the Marines and began working in poetry in 1965. He has traveled and read his poetry all over the world, including New York, Alaska, Texas, Prague, Kathmandu, Amsterdam and taught at the Kerouac School in Boulder and elsewhere. For twelve years he led poetry workshops in the New York state prisons. Most of his life was in blue collar labor including as a construction worker and taxi driver. His latest book is Beat The Latter Days of the Beat Generation A First-Hand Account (Autonomedia, 2019). Many young writers of an earlier generation wished to grow into a writing life that included friendships and big readings with core Beat Poets. This memoir recounts the life and perspective of the one poet who got to do those things. It has been called “an essential Beat text.” His poetry books include Home of the Blues, 40th Century Man, and Without Doubt (Zeitgeist).
Contact: Bruce Isaacson, [email protected]
Sponsors: This program was made possible by support from the following:
NV Energy, Las Vegas – Clark County Library District, Nevada Humanities, Nevada State College – Office of Arts & Culture, and National Endowment for the Humanities.