Spicer, I think, appeals to the young because his poetry is filled with strong, resonant statements which are simultaneously denied, undermined, negated, just as young people are prone to large statements they don't "mean" the very next second. To people a little older, Spicer will always be a poet of extreme mystery and fascination because of his struggle with the materiality of language.

Gary Sullivan’s full interview is at

home.jps.net/~nada/killian.htm