This essential collection of Michael McClure's poetry contains the most original, radical, and visionary work of a major poet who has been garnering acclaim and generating controversy for more than fifty years. Ranging from <i>A Fist Full,</i> published in 1957, through <i>Swirls in Asphalt,</i> a new poem sequence, <i>Of Indigo and Saffron i</i>s both an excellent introduction to this unique American voice and an impressive selection from McClure's...