Yates, J. Michael

YATES, J. Michael, writer (b 10 Apr 1938, Fulton, MO; d 15 Apr 2019, Vancouver). He moved to VANCOUVER in 1966 to teach creative writing at UBC, where he founded SONO NIS PRESS and encouraged the development of a writing style that came to be called West Coast Surrealism. He left teaching in 1971. His own innovative, challenging poetry began appearing in 1967. Collections include Canticle for Electronic Music (1967), The Great Bear Lake Meditations (1970), Breath of the Snow Leopard (1974) and...

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