Walt Curtis
Walt Curtis (born July 4, 1941) is a poet, novelist and painter from Portland, Oregon. His autobiographical work, Mala Noche (1977), became the basis for Gus Van Sant's 1985 film of the same name. He was the co-founder of the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission.[1] He has written about and championed Oregon literary figures such as Joaquin Miller,[2] Hazel Hall,[3] Frances Fuller Victor,[4] and many others.
Curtis has shared the bill with many Beat Generation writers, such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Ken Kesey.[5]
Portland Mayor Sam Adams declared July 1–7, 2010 "Walt Curtis Week."[6]
Books
- Angel Pussy (1970)
- The Erotic Flying Machine (1970)wr
- The Sunflower and Other Earth Poems (1975)
- The Mad Bombers Notebook (1975)
- The Mad Poems, The Unreasonable Ones (1975)
- The Roses of Portland (1974, poetry)
- Mala Noche (1977)
- Peckerneck Country (1978)
- Journey Across America (1979)
- Rhymes for Alice Bluelight (1984)
- Salmon Song, And Other Wet Poems (1995)
- Male Noche: And Other "Illegal" Adventures (1997)
Films
- Penny Allen : Property (1978)
- Penny Allen : Paydirt (1981)
- Gus van Sant : Mala Noche (1985) as George
- Bill Plympton and Walt Curtis : Walt Curtis, The Peckerneck Poet (1997)
- Sabrina Guitart : Salmon Poet (2009)
- Courtney Fathom Sell : An Afternoon with Walt Curtis (2010)
References
- ^ Jeff Baker, Portland celebrates poet Walt Curtis with two birthday parties, movie screening, The Oregonian 6/22/2010
- ^ http://www.ochcom.org/miller/ retrieved 10/13/15
- ^ http://www.ochcom.org/hall/ retrieved 10/13/2015
- ^ http://www.ochcom.org/writersmap.html retrieved 1013/2015
- ^ Mark Christensen, "Acid Christ: Ken Kesey, LSD and the Politics of Ecstasy", Schaffner Press, Inc, 2010
- ^ Richard Speer "Walt Curtis A poet/painter rises from the ashes" The Willamette Week 6/29/2010
- John Trombold and Peter Donahue (eds.): Reading Portland: The City in Prose (2006). ISBN 0-295-98677-8
External links
- Walt Curtis at IMDb
- Oregon's Salmon Poet PowellsBooks.Blog by Matt Love, September 2, 2009 [1]
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