Kirby Doyle
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About
San Francisco Renaissance poet and novelist whose works include Angel Faint, After Olson, and White Flesh. He is perhaps best known for Sapphobones, a 1966 collection of love poetry.
Before Fame
He attended San Francisco State University, where he took classes in culinary studies and art.
Trivia
He was influenced by the work of John Keats and Emily Dickinson.
Family Life
His birth name was Stanton Doyle, and he lived in the San Francisco area until his death.
Associated With
He and Lawrence Ferlinghetti published literary work in the same Spring, 1958 issue of The Chicago Review.
