A. D. Winans

Allan Davis Winans (born 12 January 1936 in San Francisco, California), known as A. D. Winans, is an American poet, essayist, and short story writer. Moving to San Francisco's North Beach in 1958, he became a Beat poet and friends with Bob Kaufman, Jack Micheline, and Charles Bukowski. He graduated from San Francisco State University in 1962. Winans has had poetry, book reviews, and short stories published in 500 magazines, has written 30 books of poetry, and three books of prose.