Gagaku: The Life and Poetry of Steve RichmondSteve Richmond, along with friend and mentor Charles Bukowski, dominated the outlaw post mimeo revolution poetry scene of the 1970s and 1980s. He was a friend of the iconic rock star Jim Morrison, who was also a poet. Fiercely independent and poised against the academic literary establishment what critic Ben Pleasants called the "poetry mafia" Richmond invented a poetical style influenced by Japanese Shinto court music known as "Gagaku." Driven by