Bill Gainer

Bill Gainer, full name William S. Gainer (born February 17, 1949), is an American poet and essayist.

History
Gainer was born in Oakland, California, and spent his early years in the San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay areas of California. In his early thirties he moved to the Sierra Nevada Foothills of Northern California.

Biography

Bill Gainer writes confessional poetry and is one of the founding contributors to the modern movement of After Hours Poetry. Gainer has read and worked with a wide range of other poets and writers including readings on KUSF radio with Punk Rocker, Patti Smith, and performances with California's Poet Laureate, Al Young.

Gainer is the host of the cable access television program From the Fringe with Bill Gainer and that Woman, on NCTV, a program about those living on society’s fringes.

Bibliography
*[http://www.lummoxpress.com/newlp.htm The Mysterious Woman Next Door (LRB #58)]: Lummox Press, 2008
*To Run With the Savages: Rattlesnake Press, 2005
*Roxy: R.L. Crow Publications, 2003
*An American Historical Story: New Moon, 1970
 
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