Kenneth Patchen, Rebel Poet in America

This is the much awaited authorized biography of American writer and artist Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972). Smith has completed an earlier critical study KENNETH PATCHEN (Twayne) and a video docu-drama KENNETH PATCHEN: AN ART OF ENGAGEMENT (1989). Here this American rebel artist stands exposed as a person of great strength and perseverence. His and wife Miriam's story is one of the great love stories in American literature.