Press and Updates
Rock and the Beat Generation - Review of Song to the Siren
Song to the Siren
Song to the Siren. 5 decades of lyrics, including for the first time in print the lyrics to Song to the Siren, are being published by Halbaffe Press on July 21st, 2024. Launch event will happen on July 26th, 2024 at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California where the title song was written.
Caveat Lector Publishes Sonnets 66-70
5 sonnets published by Caveat Lector magazine.
Reading from The Book of Merlin
March 21, 2024: Annie Bloom's Books welcomes Portland poet Larry Beckett
Sonnet 61 - Newspaper’s still exist!
Sonnet 61 published in The Somerville Times
Two readings from The Book of Merlin
18 December 2023: KBOO’s Talking Earth Radio show includes Larry Beckett
16 Januray 2024 [EDIT - weather delayed]: Annie Bloom's Books welcomes Portland poet Larry Beckett joined by California poet Marc Zegans.
Kirkus Review of The Book of Merlin
"An accomplished poet provides a new interpretation of ancient and medieval British lore.”
Kirkus Review says “Get It”.
The Book of Merlin
Larry Beckett’s newest book is out now!
"What magic this!” - Marc Zegans
Literary Journal publishes Sonnets
Sonnets 54 & 55. Graciously published by The Arlington Literary Journal.
Where do you spend the 4th of July?
Eight years ago, in 2015, Larry celebrated Independence Day in England
Howl at the Beat Museum - cassette tape
Live performance by Larry Beckett at the museum in San Francisco.
A Unique and Bespoke Object
A cassette tape of the 2022 London performance by Larry Beckett & Stuart Anthony now available
Kind Words
Larry Beckett on Marc Zegans’ Lyon Street: “True poetry: rooted in San Francisco streets and cafés, lovingly evoking the actual, flowering into the myth of California, this collection has the look of a classic.”
Interview - On Writing American Cycle
Simon Warner’s “Beat Soundtrack #20: Larry Beckett”: Larry Beckett is an American poet, playwright, novelist, songwriter and literary critic. He has had several books of poetry and prose published including Songs and Sonnets, Beat Poetry, and the book-length poems, Paul Bunyan, Wyatt Earp, and Amelia Earhart, which were collected with seven others as the epic American Cycle, a 47-year project, published in April 2021 by Running Wild Press in Los Angeles.
eyelids on Twitter
Signed by the artists - lyric booklet.
American Cycle Streaming
The Orchard has released Larry’s audio performances of the long poems that constitute American Cycle.
BBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, Larry Beckett
Larry will be featured on yet another @bbc 4 radio program.
Love & Trial
Stuart Anthony with Larry Beckett
Greek inspired - November 1st, 2018 release date.
Amelia Earhart
“above that ceiling of mist,
in this blue world, the sun is always out.”
Amelia Earhart Come meet the Poet
A ghost-woman’s ruminations on the joys & injustices of her life fly through her memory.