Lew Welch

Lewis Barrett Welch, Jr. (August 16, 1926-May 1971?) was a poet associated with the Beats. He also wrote advertising copy and was responsible for the classic slogan Raid Kills Bugs Dead.

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Welch was born in Phoenix, Arizona, but moved with his mother and sister to California in 1929. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1944 but never saw active service. He worked for a period before joining Stockton Junior College, where he developed an interest in the works of Gertrude Stein.

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In 1948, Welch moved to Reed College, where he roomed with Gary Snyder and Philip Whalen. Here he wrote his thesis on Stein and published poems in student magazines. William Carlos Williams visited the college and met the three poets. He admired Welch's early poems and tried to get his Stein thesis published.

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