McClure’s Vancouver appearance comes on the occasion of the publication of
Of Indigo and Saffron: New and Selected Poems (U. of California Press), which
follows closely the 2010 publication of Mysteriosos and Other Poems (New
Directions). Abstract Alchemist of Flesh, a fifty-five minute documentary film
of Michael McClure, with cameos of Dennis Hopper, Ray Manzarek, and Allen
Ginsberg, is soon to be released.

Michael McClure will headline the Ledbury Poetry Festival on opening day (Friday, July 2, 2010), with a talk and a reading.

On July 3rd there will be screenings of the Michael McClure bio documentary Abstract Alchemist, a film about Gary Snyder and another about Frank O’Hara, all by Colin Still. Michael McClure will introduce the films.

On July 8th, Michael McClure will give a reading in London at the London Review Book Shop, where