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Kenneth Rexroth

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The Resume

    (December 22, 1905-June 6, 1982)
    Born in South Bend, Indiana
    Wrote 'In What Hour' (1940), 'Another Spring' (1942), 'The Phoenix and the Tortoise' (1944), 'Beyond the Mountains: Four Plays in Verse' (1951), 'An Autobiographical Novel' (1964), 'Collected Shorter Poems' (1966), 'Collected Longer Poems' (1968) and 'Flower Wreath Hill: Later Poems' (1991)
    Recorded the album 'Poetry and Jazz at the Blackhawk' (1958)
    Organized and emceed the Six Gallery reading where Allen Ginsberg introduced 'Howl' (October 7, 1955)
    Called 'Father of the Beats'

Why he might be annoying:

    He married his third wife, Marthe, before getting divorced from his second wife, Marie.
    After Marthe left him, he removed all mentions of her name from his poems.
    He was too old for the draft during World War II, but declared himself a conscientious objector anyway.
    He said that writers have 'very little use for critics,' but wrote a lot of literary criticism.
    He became increasingly irritated about being considered part of the Beat Generation.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His mother died when he was 10, his father when he was 12.
    During World War II, he helped Japanese-American internees.
    He wrote the entry for 'Literature' for the 1973 Encyclopedia Britannica.
    He was influenced by Greek lyric poetry and Oriental poetry.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 68.18% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 21 Votes: 71.43% Annoying