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Antiestablishmentarianism

December 29th, 2007 in Beatniks, Jazz, Poetry by lpcoverlover | 2 Comments

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Kenneth Rexroth organized and emceed the legendary Six Gallery reading on October 7, 1955, at which Ginsberg introduced the world to “Howl”. Rexroth’s work was composed with attention to musical traditions and he performed his poems with jazz musicians. Nonetheless, Rexroth was not wholly supportive of the dramatic rise in popularity of the so-called “Beat Generation,” and he was distinctly displeased when he became known as the father of the Beats.

A life-long iconoclast, Rexroth railed against the dominance of the east-coast “literary establishment” and bourgeois taste that was corrupting American poetry. While he refused to consider himself a Beat poet, his influence as champion of anti-establishment literature paved the way for others to write poems of social consciousness and passionate political engagement. His greatest contribution to American poetry may have been in opening it to Asian influences through his mystical, erotically charged poetry and superb translations. Kenneth Rexroth died in 1982 at 77 and is buried in Santa Barbara on a cliff above the sea.

Read more about Kenneth Rexroth at Modern American Poetry.

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  1. #1 Ian Patrick McHugh says:
    March 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    Thank you for uploading this cover. I’ve been trying to find more things about this album for a while. Rexroth is hands down my favorite poet so I really appreciate this sensitive bio that you’ve supplied for him. Thank you!

  2. #2 sRw says:
    April 8th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    this guy looks like alex trbek

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