{"id":45,"date":"2006-01-04T00:27:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-03T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2006-05-01T01:30:53","modified_gmt":"2006-04-30T15:30:53","slug":"knabb-rexroth-kerouac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"Knabb, Rexroth, Kerouac"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>“One of the most controversial points in Kenneth Rexroth’s life was his relation with Jack Kerouac. He acknowledged Kerouac’s gifts as an engaging autobiographical writer in the tradition of Henry Miller and Thomas Wolfe, but he made such caustic criticisms of his sentimentality, irresponsibility and political cluelessness that many Kerouac fans have never forgiven him (which is one of the main reasons that Rexroth’s significance has been played down in so many accounts of the “Beat era”). I happen to think that most of his criticisms were quite justified, though I will admit that he occasionally goes a bit overboard. See what you think.”<\/p>\n

Rexroth’s three reviews of Kerouac’s books are now online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Four Rexroth articles on jazz poetry have also been added<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Rexroth essays of related interest at the same website:<\/p>\n

Disengagement: The Art of the Beat Generation<\/a>
\nSome Thoughts on Jazz as Music, as Revolt, as Mystique<\/a>
\nFive More Articles on Jazz<\/a>
\nSubversive Aspects of Popular Songs<\/a>
\nThe San Francisco Renaissance, the Beats, Haight-Ashbury<\/a>
\nThe New American Poetry<\/a>
\nKenneth Patchen, Naturalist of the Public Nightmare<\/a>
\nAllen Ginsberg in America<\/a>
\nThe Authentic Joy of Philip Whalen<\/a>
\nGary Snyder: Smokey the Bear Bodhisattva<\/a><\/p>\n

BUREAU OF PUBLIC SECRETS<\/a>
\nP.O. Box 1044, Berkeley CA 94701, USA<\/p>\n

“Making petrified conditions dance by singing them their own tune.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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