Jacket 23 — August 2003 — Contents page
Rakosi — O’Hara — Rexroth — David Shapiro
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S T O P P R E S S Carl Rakosi, 1903–2004
Note from Jacket editor John Tranter: Poet Carl Rakosi died on Friday afternoon 25 June 2004 at the age of 100, after a series of strokes, in his home in San Francisco. My wife Lyn and I were passing through California in November 2003, and we stopped by to have a coffee with Carl at his home in Sunset. By a lucky coincidence, it happened to be his 100th birthday. He was, as always, kind, thoughtful, bright and alert, and as sharp as a pin. We felt privileged to know him. You can read a poem by Carl in the very first issue of Jacket, from 1997. Jacket will publish more material in Jacket 25, and you can read some of the contributions already posted in that issue, including a conversation between Carl and Tom Devaney, here.
[»»] Olivier Brossard: The film The Last Clean Shirt by Alfred Leslie and Frank O'Hara
Still from the film The Last Clean Shirt by Alfred Leslie and Frank O’Hara
Kenneth Rexroth reading his work to a jazz accompaniment at The Cellar in San Francisco in 1957.
When We With Rexroth:
A Jacket Tribute, edited by Kevin Gallagher
“...today the social fabric is falling apart so fast, it makes your head swim.”
Interviews
David Shapiro
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[»»] Henry Hudson Looks at the Hudson [»»] After Poetry
Articles and Reviews
Poems
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