Letter from Kenneth Rexroth to Louise Kertesz

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Title
Letter from Kenneth Rexroth to Louise Kertesz
Creator
Kenneth Rexroth
Description
Dated October 25th, 1977. To Louise Kertesz from Kenneth Rexroth. The letter states his willingness to write a preface for Louise Kertesz’s book on Rukeyser, but he adds: “...but between you and me, I don't think the book is very satisfactory. It does not do Muriel justice. She is certainly the best poet of those now in their sixties; she is also the best US woman poet since Mina Loy and Laura Riding, and she is better than either, except for a very few poems of each. All this rehearsal of book reviews gives a completely false picture of anything except Stalinist-anti Stalinist politics and change in the Party Line itself. … Never forget–Muriel for a whole generation was, along with Patchen, myself and very very few others a rare US representative of the international idiom of modern poetry.” Compares her to Octavio Paz, Paul Eluard, Paul Celan, Eugenio Montale.
Date Created
October 25th, 1977
Original Object Type
Paper
Subject
Louise Kertesz; Kenneth Rexroth; letter; Muriel Rukeyser; The Poetic Vision of Muriel Rukeyser; Mina Loy; Laura Riding; women; poetry; Stalinist; politics; Stalinism; Patchen; Octavio Paz; Paul Eluard; Paul Celan; Eugenio Montale;
Collection Location
Box 1 Folder 1
Cataloger
Latitude Brown