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Walt Curtis (born July 4, 1941) is a poet, novelist and painter from Portland, Oregon. His autobiographical work, Mala Noche (1977), became the basis for Gus Van Sant's 1985 film of the same name. He was the co-founder of the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission.[1] He has hosted the poetry radio show "Talking Earth" at KBOO since 1971.[2] He has written about and championed Oregon literary figures such as Joaquin Miller,[3] Hazel Hall,[4] Frances Fuller Victor,[5] and many others.

Portland Mayor Sam Adams declared July 1–7, 2010 "Walt Curtis Week."[6]

Books

• Angel Pussy (1970)
• The Erotic Flying Machine (1970)wr
• The Sunflower and Other Earth Poems (1975)
• The Mad Bombers Notebook (1975)
• The Mad Poems, The Unreasonable Ones (1975)
• The Roses of Portland (1974, poetry)
• Mala Noche (1977)
• Peckerneck Country (1978)
• Journey Across America (1979)
• Rhymes for Alice Bluelight (1984)
• Salmon Song, And Other Wet Poems (1995)
• Mala Noche: And Other "Illegal" Adventures (1997)

Films

• Penny Allen : Property (1978)
• Penny Allen : Paydirt (1981)
• Gus van Sant : Mala Noche (1985) as George
• Bill Plympton and Walt Curtis : Walt Curtis, The Peckerneck Poet (1997)
• Sabrina Guitart : Salmon Poet (2009)
• Courtney Fathom Sell : An Afternoon with Walt Curtis (2010)

References

• John Trombold and Peter Donahue (eds.): Reading Portland: The City in Prose (2006). ISBN 0-295-98677-8

External links

• Walt Curtis at IMDb
• Oregon's Salmon Poet PowellsBooks.Blog by Matt Love, September 2, 2009

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