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Carl Rakosi: Man & Poet (Modern Poet Series)

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Editor Heller uses the phrase above to describe the poetry of CR, who died at 100 last year. The poet had a remarkable life, trying law school and med school before settling on social work (administration and psychotherapy) at which he worked for 40 years, while mostly not writing poetry. He began writing again in the 1960s, and this book contains analysis, interviews, bibliography, and appreciations of a practical plain-spoken idealist with feet on the ground, a vast store of knowledge, a multilingual, multicultural background, and much to say.