Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Patchen

Patchen, Kenneth

ISBN 10: 1933964545 / ISBN 13: 9781933964546

Published by Bottom Dog Press, Huron, OH, 2012

About this Item

8vo, 333 pp., Edited and Introduced By Allen Frost; Foreward By Larry Smith.

Seller Inventory # 118481

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Patchen
• Publisher: Bottom Dog Press, Huron, OH
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933964545
• ISBN 13: 9781933964546
• Binding: softcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

Included in this vast correspondence with 20th century artist and writers and publishers are brief bios and photos.

"Patchen was "a rebel all down the line." Cummings, Miller, Rexroth and others hailed this "poet of anger and light" as the quintessential countercultural hero. Frost illuminates Patchen marching to the beat of his passionate heart, pursuing his vocation by fiercely protecting his integrity and exploring innovative directions despite the vicissitudes of illness, chronic pain, and poverty, and despite the Establishment critics? wall of silence. These fascinating and poignant letters map out rich chapters of cultural history and reveal the difficult dance between art and practicalities, and the magnanimous spirit of Laughlin and others who rallied for Patchen." ?Rachelle Lerner, biographer of forthcoming "A Rage to Order: Kenneth Rexroth."

About the Author

Allen Frost lives in Bellingham, Washington, with wife Laura,

daughter Rosa and son Rustle. He was born in La Jolla, California,

and graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine. He has lived and

worked in Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; and Huron, Ohio.

He works in the library at Western Washington University. His Ohio Trio: Fictions appeared in 2001 from Bottom Dog Press,followed by Bowl of Water written between 1989-2002. Another Life is drawn from limited edition poetry chapbooks written 2002-2007.Home Recordings appeared from Bird Dog Publishing in 2010. He

contributed an article to the collection d.a.levy and the mimeograph revolution (2008). He is an associate editor of Bottom Dog Press.