Poetic Obituaries: [Dick McBride] was placed at the centre

of the beat universe when he became a book clerk in the now world-famous City Lights Bookstore of San Francisco.

Mr. McBride published many volumes of prose, poetry and plays.

from Malvern Gazette: Famous beat poet Dick McBride, of Malvern, has died aged 84
then Dick McBride: Richard William McBride: 1928-2012

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