{"product_id":"kenneth-patchen-rebel-poet-in-america-9781933964652","title":"Kenneth Patchen: Rebel Poet in America","description":"\"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: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHURRAH FOR ANYTHING and HALLELUJAH ANYWAYI\" -- Norbert Blei \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith, Larry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Larry Smith is a poet, novelist, critic, and biographer. His literary biographies include Kenneth Patchen (Twayne Series, G.K. Hall, 1978) and Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Poet-at-Large (Southern Illinois University Press, 1983). His also wrote and co-produced with Tom Koba two video docu-dramas Kenneth Patchen: Poet of Engagement and James Wright's Ohio. He has edited books of \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAppalachian and working-class writing for Bottom Dog Press. Together with his wife Ann and poet Phil Metres he edited the national anthology Come Together: Imagine Peace for Bottom Dog Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmith is a professor emeritus of English and Humanities at Firelands College of Bowling Green State University and holds a doctorate from Kent State University. In 1980-1981 he held a Fullbright lectureship in Sicily where he taught a course on American Romanticism and the Beat Movement. His recent books include the novels The Long River Home and The Free Farm, and two books of poetry, A River Remains and Each Moment All. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a native of the industrial Ohio River Valley he shares a working-class background with author Kenneth Patchen. He and wife Ann live along the shores of Lake Erie in Huron, Ohio. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottom Dog Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874054148370,"sku":"9781933964652","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c181be5-5783-4d9c-9ae6-c226e0eb6312.jpg?v=1737981275","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kenneth-patchen-rebel-poet-in-america-9781933964652","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}