This section of the BPS website is devoted to writings by and about the great poet, essayist, social critic and Renaissance man, Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982). The emphasis will be on his out-of-print works (especially his numerous essays, articles and reviews), but it will also include selections from some of the in-print works. The primary aim is to introduce readers to a truly wonderful writer and encourage them to seek out whatever books of his are available. If enough interest is generated, perhaps publishers will bring more of his works back into print.

Politically, Rexroth considered himself an anarchist and was active in the IWW and other left wing groups. He was a conscientious objector during World War II and worked to help Japanese-Americans, who were put in "detainment camps."