{"product_id":"rexroth-bukowski-and-the-politics-of-literature-96-126","title":"Rexroth, Bukowski and the Politics of Literature (#96\/125)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePublished by Beat Scene Press in 2007, Rexroth, Bukowski and the Politics of Literature was written by Ben Pleasants, author of Visceral Bukowski: Inside the Sniper Landscape of L.A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is #96 of 125 copies signed by Pleasants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePleasants was writing a long piece on Bukowski, which ended up being rejected by the magazine because of Bukowski’s reputation for being misogynistic. Pleasants therefore decided to do a piece on Kenneth Rexroth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePleasants interview reveals Rexroth had a deep disgust for Bukowski because of the way he treated Kenneth Patchen before his death. For his part, Bukowski strongly disliked Rexroth for his criticism of Ezra Pound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the process, Rexroth provides Pleasants with other examples of these types of literary conflicts between writers. In the end, you begin to think Bukowski and Rexroth were not far apart on what causes them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis copy is in Near Fine + condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBox 35\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48047477063845,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20241026_0015_d7392fd0-2c70-4c0e-af79-1920f5c5f03a.jpg?v=1785030719","url":"https:\/\/thebukshop.com\/products\/rexroth-bukowski-and-the-politics-of-literature-96-126","provider":"The Buk Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}