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Books by Kenneth Patchen
  | | In Quest of Candlelighters(1st Edition) by Kenneth Patchen Paperback, 142 Pages, Published 1972 by New Directions Publishing Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-0141-4, ISBN: 0-8112-0141-4 "A collection of abstracted prose stories with illustrations." |
 | | Selected Poems(Updated) by Kenneth Patchen Paperback, 146 Pages, Published 1957 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-0146-9, ISBN: 0-8112-0146-5 "This selection is drawn from ten earlier volumes by the poet who has been called "the most compelling force in American poetry since Whitman." The late Kenneth Patchen was unique among contemporary poets for his direct and passionate concern with the most essential elements in the tragic, comic, blundering and at rare moments glorious world around us. He wrote about the things we can feel; with our whole being―the senselessness of war, ..." |
 | | The Journal of Albion Moonlight by Kenneth Patchen Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2017 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-2205-1, ISBN: 0-8112-2205-5 "An unforgettable, apocalyptic novel from a distinctly American prophet Inspired by one of the finest lyrics in the English language, the anonymous, pre-Shakespearean “Tom o’Bedlam” (“By a knight of ghosts and shadows / I summoned am to tourney / Ten leagues beyond the wide world’s end / Methinks it is no journey…”), Kenneth Patchen sets off on an allegorical journey to the furthest limits of love and murder, madness and sex. While on th ..." |
 | | The Walking-Away World(8th Edition) (New Directions Paperbook) by Kenneth Patchen, Jim Woodring Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2008 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1757-6, ISBN: 0-8112-1757-4 "The wonderful picture-poems of Kenneth Patchen, long out of print, are being brought back into one generous volume―cryptic creatures quipping quirky quotes and all. The singular work of Kenneth Patchen has influenced poets, artists and political activists for decades. New Directions is proud to launch a Patchen revival beginning with omnibus editions of his unique compositions. Kenneth Patchen's last words to New Directions founder Jame ..." |
 | | We Meet by Kenneth Patchen, Devendra Banhart, Sufjan Stevens Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2008 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1758-3, ISBN: 0-8112-1758-2 "Meet Kenneth Patchen, a prolific, ground-breaking proletarian poet/painter whose most eclectic and wildly eccentric works are re-launched in a single startling volume—We Meet. The singular work of Kenneth Patchen has influenced poets, artists and political activists for decades. New Directions is proud to launch a Patchen revival beginning with omnibus editions of his unique compositions. We Meet highlights Patchen's more outlandish si ..." |
 | | The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer An Amusement (New Directions Classics, 879) by Kenneth Patchen, Jonathan Williams Paperback, 242 Pages, Published 1999 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1411-7, ISBN: 0-8112-1411-7 "Can you imagine why a pornographer would be shy? Are you satisfied with the state of (a) World Society (b) your soul (c) American writing? Are you in the habit of reading books that could have been written by anybody? Do you really want the truth? Do you know how angels learn to fly? What would you feed a green deer? Do you think a profound social message can be conveyed by a book that is comic in character? When Kenneth Patchen's comic ..." |
 | | Sleepers Awake(2nd Edition) by Kenneth Patchen, David Mcnally Paperback, 388 Pages, Published 1996 by New Directions Publishing Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-0147-6, ISBN: 0-8112-0147-3 "A major prose book from the great experimental poet.Sleepers Awake, first published in 1946, is one of Kenneth Patchen’s major prose books. A work of extraordinary imaginative invention, it might be described as "novelistic fantasy"––a pioneering new direction in fiction which created its own protean form as it was written. Patchen mingled narrative with dream visions, surrealism with satire, poetry with statements of principle, and exp ..." |
 | | Before the Brave by Kenneth Patchen 130 Pages, Published 2012 by Literary Licensing, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-258-40709-4, ISBN: 1-258-40709-4 |
 | | Before The Brave by Kenneth Patchen Hardcover, 130 Pages, Published 2012 by Literary Licensing, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-258-40320-1, ISBN: 1-258-40320-X "A distinguished book of verse by one of America's better minor poets." |
 | | The WPA Guide to California(1st Edition) The Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930s California by Federal Writers' Project, Tillie Olsen, Kenneth Patchen, Janet Randall Young, Gwendolyn Wright, Wpa Staff Paperback, 713 Pages, Published 1984 by Pantheon Books ISBN-13: 978-0-394-72290-0, ISBN: 0-394-72290-6 "First published in 1939, when Walt Disney was captivating millions with his first color films, the majestic spans of the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate had just been completed, and Italian fishermen still mended their nets on Fisherman's Wharf, "The WPA Guide to California" is a magnificent portrait of one of the most diverse, dramatic, and quintessentially American states in the Union. Part I of this guide explores the history, culture ..." |
 | | Patchen's Lost Plays(1st Edition) by Kenneth Patchen, Richard G. Morgan Paperback, Published 1977 by Capra Press ISBN-13: 978-0-88496-117-8, ISBN: 0-88496-117-6 "drama " |
 | | There's Love All Day(1st Edition) by Kenneth Patchen, Dee Danner Barwick, Tom Di Grazia Hardcover, 61 Pages, Published 1970 by Hallmark Editions ISBN-13: 978-0-87529-067-6, ISBN: 0-87529-067-1 "Book by Kenneth Patchen" |
 | | Hallelujah Anyway by Kenneth Patchen Paperback, 100 Pages, Published 1967 by New Directions, 1967 ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-0143-8, ISBN: 0-8112-0143-0 "This is a book to delight the mind and the eye - the first collection of the poet Kenneth Patchen's unique and remarkable "picture-poems." As a creative form, the Patchen picture-poem is descended from the "illuminated printing" of William Blake. Blake devised an etching process for his pages of hand-lettered poems; but Patchen works more freely with watercolor, casein, inks, and other media, as he blends word and image in intricate but ..." |
 | | The Journal of Albion Moonlight (New Directions Paperbook) by Kenneth Patchen Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1961 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-0144-5, ISBN: 0-8112-0144-9 "A chronicle of violent fury and compassion, written when Surrealism was still vigorous and doing battle with psychotic "reality," The Journal of Albion Moonlight is the American monument to engagement. Kenneth Patchen sets off on an allegorical journey of his own in which the far boundaries of love and murder, madness and sex are sensually explored. His is the tale of a disordered pilgrimage to H. Roivas (Heavenly Savior) in which the d ..." |
 | | Poems of Humor and Protest. by Kenneth Patchen Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 1981 by City Lights Books ISBN-13: 978-0-87286-039-1, ISBN: 0-87286-039-6 |
 | | Come Together(1st Edition) Imagine Peace: Poems (Harmony Anthology Series) by Ann Smith, Philip Metres, Larry Smith, Denise Levertov, Sam Hamill, William Stafford, Kenneth Rexroth, Kenneth Patchen, Muriel Rukeyser, Contributor-Carolyn Forch, Bottom Dog Press Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2008 by Bottom Dog Press ISBN-13: 978-1-933964-22-5, ISBN: 1-933964-22-7 "100 poets voice their concern and vision for peace. Poems of Witness & Elegy, Exhortation & Action, Reconciliation, Shared Humanity,Wildness & Home, Ritual & Vigil,Meditation & Prayer. Precedents: Sappho, Whitman, Dickinson, Cavafy, Millay, Patchen, Rexroth, Shapiro,Lowell, Creeley, Rukeyser, Ginsberg, Levertov, Lorde, Stafford, Jordan, Amichai, DarwishContemporaries: Abinader, Ali, Bass, Berry, Bauer, Berrigan, Bly, Bodhr�n, Bradley, B ..." |
 | | Wonderings(1st Edition) by Kenneth Patchen Paperback, 1 Pages, Published 1971 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-0149-0, ISBN: 0-8112-0149-X "Book by Patchen, Kenneth" |
 | | Tell You That I Love You, Three Love Poems(1st Edition) by Kenneth Patchen, Fred Klemushin Hardcover, 46 Pages, Published 1971 by Hallmark Editions ISBN-13: 978-0-87529-156-7, ISBN: 0-87529-156-2 |
 | | Because It Is by Kenneth Patchen Paperback, 84 Pages, Published 1960 by W W Norton & Co Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-0137-7, ISBN: 0-8112-0137-6 "Book by Patchen, Kenneth" |
 | | Collected Poems Of Kenneth Patchen (New Directions Books) by Kenneth Patchen Paperback, 516 Pages, Published 1968 by New Directions Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-0140-7, ISBN: 0-8112-0140-6 "A selection of well-known and rare poems from the great experimental poet. From the appearance in 1936 of Kenneth Patchen’s first book, the voice of this great poet has been protesting war and social injustice, satirizing the demeaning and barbarous inanities of our culture―entrancing us with an inexhaustible flow of humor and fantasy. With directness and simplicity, he has restored the exaltation of romantic love to its ancient bardic ..." |
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