Ken
2010-07-03 18:02:17 UTC
SAN FRANCISCO FIFTY YEARS AGO
(Kenneth Rexroth's columns for the San Francisco "Examiner")
http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/sfe/
During the last five months I've been posting Rexroth's weekly
"Examiner" columns from the 1960s, each on the 50th anniversary of its
original appearance. At this point I'd like to call your attention to
what is there so far and to remind you that a new column is being
posted each Saturday. Many people have told me they've been imagining
being back in that period, at the very beginning of the legendary
sixties, looking forward to finding out what will be happening each
new week and what (invariably unpredictable) things Rexroth will say
about it. Here are the columns that have been posted so far:
January
31. Here I Am [introducing himself]
February
07. New Forms of Art and Culture?
14. New Forms of Politics?
21. A Night Out in the City
28. Merits and Faults of the San Francisco Ballet
March
06. Beckett and Ionesco
13. Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, and the Modern Jazz Quartet
20. Drama and Community [on the Jewish oratorio "Esther"]
27. In Praise of Amateur Shakespeare [with an unorthodox
interpretation of "Hamlet"]
April
03. Two Questions About Modern Life
10. Signs of Change in the South [remarks on the
Civil Rights movement]
17. Conversations with Southerners
24. Flagstaff versus Phoenix
May
01. New Orleans versus Pittsburgh [his conclusion is not
what you might expect!]
08. Jean Genet and Ornette Coleman
15. The Execution of Caryl Chessman [denunciation of
capital punishment]
22. The HUAC Riot [the now almost-forgotten kickoff of
the sixties]
29. Signs of a New Youth Revolt
June
05. New American Poetry and Jazz
12. San Francisco Theater and Chicago Architecture
19. Pirandello's "Six Characters in Search of an Author"
26. Slum Clearance? [critique of "urban renewal"]
July
03. Three Poet in the News [Pasternak, Frost and Supervielle]
Coming up next week: Kabuki Theater. Check for a new column each
Saturday at http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/sfe/
As a preview of things to come, you can also explore my earlier
selection of some of the more interesting columns: http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/sf/
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BUREAU OF PUBLIC SECRETS
P.O. Box 1044, Berkeley CA 94701
http://www.bopsecrets.org
"Making petrified conditions dance by singing them their own tune."
(Kenneth Rexroth's columns for the San Francisco "Examiner")
http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/sfe/
During the last five months I've been posting Rexroth's weekly
"Examiner" columns from the 1960s, each on the 50th anniversary of its
original appearance. At this point I'd like to call your attention to
what is there so far and to remind you that a new column is being
posted each Saturday. Many people have told me they've been imagining
being back in that period, at the very beginning of the legendary
sixties, looking forward to finding out what will be happening each
new week and what (invariably unpredictable) things Rexroth will say
about it. Here are the columns that have been posted so far:
January
31. Here I Am [introducing himself]
February
07. New Forms of Art and Culture?
14. New Forms of Politics?
21. A Night Out in the City
28. Merits and Faults of the San Francisco Ballet
March
06. Beckett and Ionesco
13. Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, and the Modern Jazz Quartet
20. Drama and Community [on the Jewish oratorio "Esther"]
27. In Praise of Amateur Shakespeare [with an unorthodox
interpretation of "Hamlet"]
April
03. Two Questions About Modern Life
10. Signs of Change in the South [remarks on the
Civil Rights movement]
17. Conversations with Southerners
24. Flagstaff versus Phoenix
May
01. New Orleans versus Pittsburgh [his conclusion is not
what you might expect!]
08. Jean Genet and Ornette Coleman
15. The Execution of Caryl Chessman [denunciation of
capital punishment]
22. The HUAC Riot [the now almost-forgotten kickoff of
the sixties]
29. Signs of a New Youth Revolt
June
05. New American Poetry and Jazz
12. San Francisco Theater and Chicago Architecture
19. Pirandello's "Six Characters in Search of an Author"
26. Slum Clearance? [critique of "urban renewal"]
July
03. Three Poet in the News [Pasternak, Frost and Supervielle]
Coming up next week: Kabuki Theater. Check for a new column each
Saturday at http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/sfe/
As a preview of things to come, you can also explore my earlier
selection of some of the more interesting columns: http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/sf/
* * *
BUREAU OF PUBLIC SECRETS
P.O. Box 1044, Berkeley CA 94701
http://www.bopsecrets.org
"Making petrified conditions dance by singing them their own tune."