What a relief – someone finally paying long overdue attention to Kenneth Patchen again.When I was in college, I kept a slim edition of Patchen’s poem paintings wide open on my desk the whole four years. I would return to them every time my brain felt overloaded or cooked (often). Always, Patchen’s fluent words and images served as a crucial restoration. Someone borrowed the book and never gave it back, so I am really pretty desperate for this new edition.–Naomi Shihab Nye