A celebration of legendary Beat poet Lew Welch with Gary Snyder, Joanne Kyger and Tom Killion July 12, 2012

Gary Snyder, Joanne Kyger and Tom Killion join up to pay tribute to the memory and mystery of legendary Beat poet Lew Welch.
Celebrating the release of Ring of Bone: Selected Poems by Lew Welch.

foreword by Gary Snyder.

published by City Lights Books.

Lew Welch was a brilliant poet, legendary among his Beat peers. He disappeared in 1971, leaving a suicide note behind. Ring of Bone collects poems, songs, and even a few drawings, documenting the full sweep of his creative output, from his early years until just before his death. First published by legendary poetry editor Donald Allen, this new and expanded edition includes a biographic timeline and a statement of poetics gleaned from Welch's own writing.