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George Hitchcock


Born
in Hood River, Oregon, The United States
June 02, 1914

Died
August 27, 2010


George Parks Hitchcock (June 2, 1914 – August 27, 2010) was an American actor, poet, playwright, teacher, labor activist, publisher, and painter. He is best known for creating Kayak, a poetry magazine that he published as a one-man operation from 1964 to 1984. Equally important, Hitchcock published writers under the "Kayak" imprint including the first two books by Charles Simic, second books by Philip Levine and Raymond Carver, translations by W.S. Merwin, and early books by Robert Bly and James Tate.

Hitchcock was born in Hood River, Oregon, graduating in 1935 from the University of Oregon, where he was a reporter on the school newspaper. After college, he worked as a journalist for several labor movement periodicals, including The Western ...more

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An Invitation to the Hunt
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The Wounded Alphabet: Colle...
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One-Man Boat: The George Hi...
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The Piano Beneath the Skin
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Lessons in Alchemy
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Five Plays
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The Devil Comes to Wittenbe...
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Kayak 47, February 1978
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Another Shore
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A Ship of Bells
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