“Like Whitman, Patchen was an American Visionary. Our Blake.Key texts like The Journal of Albion Moonlight& Sleepers Awake remain as unique as Leaves of Grass or Moby Dick.  Tender poet, angry singer, Patchen endures even in his apparent absence from the litter of Literature studied in English Departments. Shame.” —David Meltzer

Note: David Meltzer will read from Patchen on November 30, at 7pm, at City Lights Bookstore