Black Mountain poets
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The Black Mountain poets, also called projectivist poets, were a group of mid-20th-century American avant-garde or postmodern poets based at Black Mountain College in North Carolina.
Charles Olson was a primary figure associated with the Black Mountain poets
Robert Creeley
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Robert White Creeley was an American poet and author of more than 60 books. He is associated with the Black Mountain poets, although his verse aesthetic diverged from that school. Creeley was close wi
Black Mountain poets
…The literary movement traditionally described as the "Black Mountain Poets" centered around Charles Olson, who became a teacher at the college in 1948. Robert Creeley, who worked as a teacher and editor of the Black Mountain Review for two years, is considered to be another major figure. Creeley moved to San Francisco…
Creeley in 1972
Robert Creeley and Allan Graham, during the taping of "Add-Verse", 2004, photo by Gloria Graham