Solitudes Crowded With Loneliness - Bob Kaufman - 1965

In this powerful collection, Beat poet Bob Kaufman crafts a profound testament to alienation, transcendence, and the uncompromising voice of Black experience in America. "Solitudes" reveals Kaufman at his most visceral and visionary, delivering poems that vibrate with jazz-inspired rhythms and surrealist imagery while confronting the depths of personal and societal isolation. Known as the "Black American Rimbaud" and one of the most important oral poets of his generation, Kaufman's work emerges from the margins of society with prophetic intensity. These poems traverse the terrain between cosmic awareness and street-level observation, between political rage and mystical revelation. Throughout the collection, his distinctive voice captures both the anguish of separation and the possibility of spiritual communion that can emerge from the depths of solitude. Written by a poet who famously took a decade-long vow of silence and whose work was often performed rather than published, "Solitudes" stands as a vital document of an overlooked literary genius whose words continue to resonate with startling immediacy for contemporary readers seeking poetry that speaks truth to power while exploring the furthest reaches of human consciousness. - Solitudes Crowded With Loneliness - Bob Kaufman Published 1965, New Directions Publishing Corporation, New York Softcover. Approx. 5.5x8in. 87pp. In good vintage condition. Covers show some wear consistent with the vintage.