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Larry Goodell

Larry was born in Roswell, NM in 1935 and has lived in Placitas, NM since '63. He studied poetry at USC and with Robert Creeley in NM, went to the Vancouver Poetry Conference of '63 to study with Olson, Ginsberg, Duncan, Whalen, went to the Berkeley Poetry Conference in '65, and married photographer/artist Lenore Goodell in '68. He founded Duende Press in '64 followed by Fervent Valley. He fabricated then staged his first event poems at the Thunderbird Bar in Placitas and at UNM. In 1972 he toured the country doing poetry performances with Stephen Rodefer. He's organized readings for Downtown Saturday Night, the Rio Grande Writers Association, the Central Torta Series, Albuquerque United Artists, and for many years the Living Batch Bookstore. More recently Silva's Saloon and the ongoing Duende Poetry Series. His Here On Earth is available from La Alameda Press. He is one of two recipients of the 2013 Gratitude Award from New Mexico Literary Arts. For more information about his online work see http://about.me/larrygoodell

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