Kenneth Patchen Tribute Santa Monica Mirror Grooves, July 4, 2001
Readings, Performances:
"Carolyn See, Michael C. Ford, Aram Saroyan, Rod Steiger, John Thomas, Philomene Long, Elois Klein Healy, Deena Metzger, special guests at Beyond Baroque, 7/6, 7:30 pm. The Mount Alverno Review, edited by poet Michael C. Ford, was conceived in 1968 as a tribute to Kenneth Patchen, his work, his life, and to raise funds to assist the poet, who died shortly after its publication in 1971. Funded by Ray Manzarek & Jim Morrison, The Review was a "tribute to Patchen's legacy of 35 years of prolific and steady production, including 40 books, chapbooks, portfolios of silk screen paintings, drawings, and postcard poems . . . Ford writes: 'Patchen sought to save us from the philistines, monsters of war and industry, who, with poisonous ambition and violent assault, at this very moment, continue to defile our home in rituals of blood and madness.'"