Background
Coolidge attended Brown University, where his father taught in the music department.
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Clark Coolidge
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As a teenager, Coolidge attended Classical High School in Providence, Rhode Island.
Career
After moving to New York City in the early 1960s, Coolidge cultivated links with Ted Berrigan and Bernadette Mayer. Often associated with the Language School his experience as a jazz drummer and interest in a wide array of subjects including caves, geology, bebop, weather, Salvador Dalí, Jack Kerouac and movies, Coolidge often finds correspondence in his work. Coolidge grew up in Providence, Rhode Island and has lived, among other places, in Manhattan, Cambridge (Master of Arts), San Francisco, Rome (Italy), and the Berkshire Hills.
He currently lives in Petaluma, California.
