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Kenneth Patchen

The Definitive biography of

American author and artist.

"It has taken more that twenty-five years for this great poet's underground life to see the light of day in this rich, thorough, compelling biography. Patchen, our most unfortu¬nate, forgotten, unique man of American letters and of' passionate mercy' created his own wonder world of words, kingdoms and creatures to save himself—and us all: HURRAH FOR ANYTHING and HALLELUJAH ANYWAY!"   -- Norbert Blei

322 pages, 40 photos, revised and expanded 2nd edition, hardcover with dust jacket.

Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Patchen

Edited and Introduction by Allen Frost

Foreword by Larry Smith

With 30 illustrations & photos from the correspondents:

Harvey Breit - E.E. Cummings - James T. Farrell - Lawrence Ferlinghetti - James Laughlin- Henry Miller - Miriam Patchen - Kenneth Rexroth -Wallace Stevens - Dylan Thomas - Leon Trotsky - Amos Wilder - Thomas Wolfe - Jasper Wood, and many others others

 

Awash with Roses: Collected Love Poems of Kenneth Patchen with biographical introduction.

Revised re-issue of this classic collection of Kenneth Patchen's love poems along with the story of the life of Kenneth and Miriam Patchen told by biographer, Larry Smith

100 love poems by this American poet rebel romantic.

Kenneth Patchen is the author of 38 books of poetry, fiction, and art as well as one of the finest performers of poetry-jazz. This book is a thing of beauty. 

 "The reissue of his love poems testifies to his talents and perhaps meets the current need to cherish the beauty of life, love, and mankind. . . . Today, with political and economic unrest, with individual expression suppressed in many parts of the world, humankind yearns for a soothing of souls." from New York Journal Book Review

The poet and artist Robert Sund is a Pacific Northwest legend.

This book is an inspired biography comprised of stories, memories, poetry, photography and artwork by those who knew him. The book is also filled with previously unpublished and uncollected works by Sund. A tribute to a life committed to poetry, calligraphy, art and friendship with writers such as William Carlos Williams, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder, Robert Bly, and a host of Pacific Northwest poets and artists. 

240 pg. published by Good Deed Rains....$20

 go with the flow:

A Tribute to Clyde Sanborn
Ed. Allen Frost

While editing the tribute book to poet Robert Sund (A Flutter of Birds Passing Through Heaven, 2016) I heard about "the other poet" in La Conner, Washington, Clyde Sanborn. Knowing nothing about him except that he lived and died like Li Po, I embarked on a journey to learn whatever I could. This tribute book is a rare treasury filled with memories, interviews, photos, as well as Clyde's handwritten poems and paintings. In the tradition of Li Po, Clyde Sanborn was our very own Zen poet, artist and river drifter. Not so long ago, he was a well known fixture in La Conner, but his story has never been told until now. This book provides an adventurous, inspired look at the struggle of an illuminated artist. It will be of interest to everyone else out there in the same boat. - Allen Frost

"Writing in good spirit with Zen wit and Buddhist compassion, Sanborn is an original and a challenge to our American values. While Go with the Flow: A Tribute of Clyde Sanborn preserves a lost poet and artist, it also honors a way of living and a way of writing that reminds us to be true to ourselves. One must thank editor Allen Frost and Good Deed Rain Press for this gift." -New York Journal of Books