Let's make this birthday one to remember.

92 years old (Born on October 20, 1932)

Happy Birthday to the legendary Michael McClure—poet, playwright, and literary lion! From roaring onto the Beat Generation scene with your fearless words in "Love Lion Book," to stirring up controversy (and applause!) with "The Beard," you've always known how to keep life interesting. Your pen has danced across pages of Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, and The San Francisco Chronicle; clearly there's no stopping you.

Here's wishing another year filled with poetic mischief and theatrical brilliance. May your birthday be as timelessly cool as a jazz riff at midnight—and may it bring plenty more reasons for critics both shocked and delighted by your genius. Cheers!