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Foreword to The Beard, by Michael McClure

A 182-word foreword to Michael McClure's play The Beard, on its imagined meeting in eternity of Jean Harlow and Billy the Kid. The first edition (Oyez, 1965) did not include it.

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A foreword of 182 words to Michael McClure‘s play The Beard — on McClure’s imagined meeting in eternity of Jean Harlow and Billy the Kid. The first edition (Berkeley: Oyez, 1965) did not include Mailer’s foreword. Rpt: New York: Grove, 1985.

First published: 1967
Form: essay
Lennon & Lennon: 67.23
Cite as: /works/1967-foreword-to-the-beard
Last updated: 2026-05-30