Neeli is an internationally respected poet, author of more that twenty books, who has traveled widely, having given readings in Mexico, Italy and a number of other countries. Translations of several of his books have been brought out by presses in several countries.  His papers are at The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley.  He is now completing a new edition of his essential collection of “memoir-esque” essays on twelve key poets, Whitman’s Wild Children.  He has a thousand stories from a storied life in poetry.

Third Mind Books of Ann Arbor, MI has noted that “As our recent research on Cherkovski has shown us, he was a key participant in the San Francisco poetry scene of the mid-1970s and with Thomas Rain Crowe and others revitalized the literary scene in San Francisco to create ‘The Second San Francisco Renaissance.’ ”

He also has an array of nice fountain pens and he knows how to wield them, so buy a book and beseech him for an inscription!