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The Walking-Away World (New Directions Paperbook) Paperback – July 17, 2008

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The wonderful picture-poems of Kenneth Patchen, long out of print, are being brought back into one generous volume―cryptic creatures quipping quirky quotes and all.

The singular work of Kenneth Patchen has influenced poets, artists and political activists for decades. New Directions is proud to launch a Patchen revival beginning with omnibus editions of his unique compositions.

Kenneth Patchen's last words to New Directions founder James Laughlin were "When you find out which came first, the chicken or the egg, you write and tell me." Answering his own question comes Patchen's "picture-poem." The Walking-Away World reissues three of his picture-poem classics: Wonderings, But Even So, and Hallelujah Anyway. Inspired by the "illuminated printing" of William Blake, Patchen worked in a spirited fervency with watercolor, casein, inks, and other media to create absurdly compelling works. His entire process was a simultaneous fusion of painting and poetry: neither the poem nor the painting preceded one another. Each picture-poem is inhabited by strange beings uttering everything from poignant poetic adages to cheeky satire. One confides, "I have a funny feeling / that some very peculiar-looking creatures out there are watching us," which sums up the suspicious joys of The Walking-Away World.

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Patchen's short, aphoristic notions bounce between joy and despair, between observation and allusion with heartfelt simple diction. (Kirk Robertson, Reno News & Review)

The charm remains for this long-out-of-print work. (Confrontation, Books Received and Recommended)

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Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was one of the most prolific American poets of his time. He was born in Niles, Ohio. He attended school at the University of Madison-Wisconsin where he met his wife, Miriam Oikemus. They moved to Greenwich Village and befriended many writers including E.E. Cummings, Anais Nin, and Henry Miller. An accident occurred after his first publication that would eventually leave him an invalid. He and his wife later moved to San Francisco during the early years of the Beat Movement. Many Beat poets would cite Patchen as a major influence. His "experimental protests" in poetry, painting, and prose remain unprecedented. Aside from his many books of poetry, his acclaimed novels, and his concrete visual works, Kenneth Patchen also collaborated with John Cage for the radio-play The City Wears a Slouch Hat, and worked with Charles Mingus developing jazz poetry. Patchen was an unwavering pacifist and many of his works have a political bent. Patchen was the first recipient of an NEA Literary Grant in 1967.

Jim Woodring lives on Vashon Island in Washington State’s Puget Sound with his wife, Mary. The recipient of numerous award ― including The Stranger's Genius Award for Literature ― he is an animator and a fine artist as well as a cartoonist.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Directions (July 17, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0811217574
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0811217576
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches

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Glenn J. Shea

A wonderful collection of Patchen's picture-poems

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 20, 2014

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SURE IS ONE PECULIAR WAY TO RUN A BALLGAME.... In the taking and leaving department, there's always been a good bit of Kenneth Patchen I could leave without regret; whether it's him or me, I don't know. But one area of his work which strikes me as an inarguable success--books in which everything goes right in ways you can't even begin to explain--are his three collections of picture-poems, HALLELUJAH ANYWAY (1960), BUT EVEN SO (1968) and the incomparable WONDERINGS (1971). Not only is the success of the form hard to describe--which, purely in the matter of welding word inseparably to image, may surpass his one obvious predecessor, William Blake--but I find it impossible to hit off the emotional tone (surreal whimsy? post- apocalyptic good cheer? visionary giggling?) without heading towards phrases suggestive of work I wouldn't read at gunpoint. I'll confess myself a beaten man and simply and happily report that New Directions has published the three books together as THE WALKING-AWAY WORLD (2008). The rest is up to you. My only complaint of THE WALKING-AWAY WORLD is that the pictures are reproduced entirely in black and white; this is remedied, to some degree, by the book WHAT SHALL WE DO WITHOUT US?: The Voice and Vision of Kenneth Patchen (Sierra Club, 1984), which reproduces three dozen of Patchen's designs in (sometimes riotous) color, and supplements it with a helpful and lovely essay by James Laughlin. Another omnibus, WE MEET, is Patchen's illustrated verse and prose but to my taste it's stuff that for some reason just doesn't work, just as THE WALKING-AWAY WORLD wonderfully and inexplicably does. Go to it.

Glenn Shea, from Glenn's Book Notes at www.bookbarnniantic.com

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Deborah A.

What? No color?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 22, 2009

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I've been a fan of Kenneth Patchen's work since I purchased two of his picture poem post cards at an antique store way back in 1970 for .15 cents each. I especially love his use of color, so you can imagine my shock when I received "The Walking Away World" in the mail and discovered ALL of the picture poems in this book are printed in black-and-white!!! I have just placed an order for another Patchen book, "What would we do without us?" and I'm hoping this one is in color. At least the description of this book mentions the vibrant colors of his pictures. I did not see any mention in the description of "the Walking Away World" that all the prints are in black-and-white. I will be returning the "Walking Away..." book for a refund. It's just not right! What a slap in the face for the late, great Mr. Patchen.

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Vasileios Tsekouras

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 14, 2018

What I expected.

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I knew it was no color, still worth buying, arrived quickly and in great condition, I recommend this also the journal of Albion moonlight.

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Susan Heath

No color is a disappointment - but this is a LOT of Patchen

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 22, 2009

I have been a fan even longer than the first reviewer, since 1959 when I first heard him on "Cool Bill" in Denver and subsequently found his books in a musty old bookstore.

I was also VERY disappointed...if only they had charged a little more, printed a little less or at least printed SOME pages in color, it wouldn't feel so bleak...but you know, Patchen is bleak even in the middle of joy and I am happy to have all these delightful and insightful thoughts and visions from an author beginning to get his due. I'm giving it four stars to jack up the overall rating. There, I admit it. I would give it a 2 for no color but a 5 for the book being just chock full of Kenneth Patchen.

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M. J. Arcangelini

beautiful & fanciful visualized poetry

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 28, 2012

Patchen is surely one of our most unjustly neglected American poets. The poem/drawings in the three books collected in this volume were composed loosely between 1960 and 1971 and mostly as he lay in bed suffering from the incredible pain of a back injury (see Larry Smith's biography " Kenneth Patchen: Rebel Poet in America "). This book is a reprint of three smaller volumes published in 1966, 1968 and 1971. It is in black-and-white because the original volumes were in black-and-white, but don't let that stop you from exploring them, this is unique and amazing work. I have all these books already and have been reading Patchen since the 60's. New Directions is to be applauded and encouraged for bringing back into print the work of one of the most original and important writers of the 20th century with this new series combining the original smaller volumes into larger collections. And if these works whet your appetite sufficiently then you may be ready for the novels, " The Journal of Albion Moonlight " and " SLEEPERS AWAKE " but brace yourself, they'll take you places you've never been. If your imagination is insufficient to handle the black-and-white reproductions, there are two volumes of the picture poems in glorious full color: " What Shall We Do Without Us; The Voice and Vision of Kenneth Patchen " and " The Argument of Innocence: A Selection From the Arts of Kenneth Patchen " - they are well worth checking out.

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