Renegades

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April 18 Bob Kaufman was born on this date in 1925. He was an African-American poet. He has been described as an "innovative poet" and an important writer who gained his prominence during the “Beat period.”
In 1958, Kaufman moved to San Francisco and quickly became acclimated to the lifestyle led by many of the writers and artists who were prominent during the Beat period. Much of his writing became "surreal" and was often inspired by jazz music. He published Crowded with Loneliness and founded a magazine called Beatitude in 1965.

He was certainly acquainted with our panel of Renegades:Radical African American Voices in the Arts. AmiriBaraka, Ed Bullins, Sonia Sanchez and Charles Fuller--a quartet of genius writers.
Unfortunately the discussion wasn't long enough because there was another group scheduled for the next hour; but we were able to enjoy what brilliance they were able to share and were able to continue at the signing upstairs.