An image from Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet, one of the productions that also features Walt Curtis.
Walt Curtis
July 4, 1941 — Portland, Oregon, USA
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Walt Curtis (born July 4, 1941) is a poet, novelist and painter from Portland, Oregon. He is mainly known for his autobiographical work, Mala Noche (1977), which became the basis for Gus Van Sant's 1985 film of the same name.
Curtis has shared the bill with many Beat Generation writers, such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Ken Kesey.
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