Bob Kaufman, 1985 (photograph copyright Jean D Carlisle
Bob & Eileen Kaufman, running off the first issue of the magazine, Beatitude – photograph copyright R.E. Johnson – photo provided courtesy the New Orleans School For The Imagination Archive and Dave Brinks
Bob Kaufman (1925-1986) would have been 87 today. We send you (shamelessly) to last year’s post for more links and info. And, courtesy John Sinclair and Radio Free Amsterdam, David Henderson’s definitive radio broadcast is now, happily, more freely available.
Bob Kaufman autograph – collection of Simon Pettet
Happy 87th birthday, Bob! [2022 Happy 97!]
And When I die, I won’t stay dead – Billy Woodberry’s documentary from 2015 is now essential viewing and available
– and The Collected Poems of Bob Kaufman, forthcoming from City Lights in October 2019