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Kenneth Rexroth

Bio

Poet-essayist Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982) was a high-school dropout, disillusioned ex-Communist, pacifist, anarchist, rock-climber, critic and translator, mentor, Catholic-Buddhist spiritualist and a prominent figure of San Francisco's Beat scene. He is regarded as a central figure of the San Francisco Renaissance and is among the first American poets to explore traditional Japanese forms such as the haiku.

Kenneth Rexroth Books

Songs of Love, Moon, & Wind book cover

Songs of Love, Moon, & Wind

Kenneth Rexroth
One Hundred Poems from the Chinese book cover

One Hundred Poems from the Chinese

Kenneth Rexroth
Selected Poems book cover

Selected Poems

Kenneth Rexroth
Written on the Sky book cover

Written on the Sky

Eliot Weinberger
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Women Poets of Japan

Ikuko Atsumi
One Hundred More Poems from the Chinese book cover

One Hundred More Poems from the Chinese

Kenneth Rexroth
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Pierre Reverdy

Pierre Reverdy
Collected Longer Poems book cover

Collected Longer Poems

Kenneth Rexroth
Collected Shorter Poems book cover

Collected Shorter Poems

Kenneth Rexroth
100 Poems from the Japanese book cover

100 Poems from the Japanese

Kenneth Rexroth
In the Sierra book cover

In the Sierra

Kenneth Rexroth
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