33 pp. A collection of poems by the edited of Wet magazine and director of the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University, with an introduction by fellow poet Ted Berrigan. "His published collections include Water Charms (1968), The Poetry Room (1971), News from Niman Farm (1976), Blind Date (1981), Africa and the Marriage of Walt Whitman and Marilyn Monroe (1982), and Dear Oxygen (2011). In 2001 he published Birth of The Cool, a cultural history of the idea of cool. Examples of his other work include individual poems, creative prose, interviews, ghostwritten books, articles, screenplays, and a phonograph record, words and vocals by MacAdams, entitled "Beirut." In addition, he has contributed to Rolling Stone, L.A. Times, and Los Angeles Magazine. MacAdams produced and directed the 1986 documentary 'What Happened to Kerouac?'" (Southern Methodist University: 'Lewis MacAdams Papers: A Guide')
