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Bob Kaufman (1) (1925–1986)

Author of Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness

For other authors named Bob Kaufman, see the disambiguation page.

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Works by Bob Kaufman

Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness (1965) 100 copies

The Ancient Rain: Poems, 1956-1978 (1981) 62 copies

Cranial Guitar (1995) 55 copies

Collected Poems of Bob Kaufman (2019) 29 copies, 1 review

Golden Sardine (1967) 25 copies

Abomunist Manifesto (1959) 5 copies

Does the Secret Mind Whisper? (1960) 4 copies

Second April (1959) 2 copies

Eremit in San Francisco. Lyrik & Prosa. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Udo Breger. (1982) 1 copy

Selected Writings by Bob Kaufman (1980) 1 copy

Suicide 1 copy

Believe, Believe 1 copy

Closing Time Till Dawn 1 copy

Associated Works

The Portable Beat Reader (Viking Portable Library) (1992) — Contributor — 1,504 copies, 10 reviews

The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (1999) — Contributor — 604 copies, 3 reviews

City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology (1995) — Contributor — 377 copies, 6 reviews

The Portable Sixties Reader (2002) — Contributor — 341 copies, 2 reviews

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song (2020) — Contributor — 195 copies, 4 reviews

From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contributor — 174 copies

The Vintage Book of African American Poetry (2000) — Contributor — 154 copies

In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1994) — Contributor — 100 copies

Beat Down to Your Soul: What Was the Beat Generation? (2001) — Contributor — 98 copies, 1 review

The Cool School: Writing from America's Hip Underground (2013) — Contributor — 84 copies, 2 reviews

Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor (2006) — Contributor — 68 copies

Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry (1997) — Contributor — 60 copies

Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Contributor — 44 copies

Soulscript: Afro-American Poetry (1970) — Contributor — 42 copies, 1 review

Peace or perish : a crisis anthology — Contributor — 4 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Kaufman, Bob
Legal name: Kaufman, Robert Garnell
Birthdate: 1925-04-18
Date of death: 1986-01-12
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Place of death: San Francisco, California, USA
Cause of death: cirrhosis of the liver
emphysema
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Education: The New School (New York)
Occupations: poet
Organizations: United States Merchant Marine

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Collected Poems of Bob Kaufman by Bob Kaufman

One of the two major black Beat poets and someone now sadly overlooked by most. A truly great American poet if you can find and read his stuff. This collection is a good place to start. Recommended.

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Works: 13
Also by: 15
Members: 287
Popularity: #81,379
Rating: 4.0

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 14
Languages: 2

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