in Providence. He suffered a severe stroke in 1999 which made him a wheelchair user. He died in Berkeley, California, in January 2009. References American male poets 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American tax resisters San Francisco State University faculty Writers from Berkeley, California 1920 births 2009 deaths American male essayists American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American poets 20th-century American biographers 20th-century American essayists Activists from California 20th-century American male writers Brown University faculty American male biographers