Requiem for the toad: selected poems of gerald locklin - gerald locklin

Gerald Locklin (1941-2021) was born in Rochester, NY.

A prolific writer of both poetry and prose, he published over a hundred books in his lifetime, including The Firebird Poems (Event Horizon Press), Go West, Young Toad (Water Row Books), Charles Bukowski: A Sure Bet (Water Row Books), and Down and Out (Event Horizon Press).

The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Literature in the English Language calls him a central figure in the vitality of Los Angeles writing.

From 1965-2007, he was professor of English at California State University, Long Beach.

He lived in Long Beach, CA.