Cover of The Collected Shorter Poems of Kenneth Rexroth

The Collected Shorter Poems of Kenneth Rexroth

This volume assembles Kenneth Rexroth's shorter poems from 1920 to 1966, bringing together work from seven earlier books and a group of previously unpublished poems.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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