Park Avenue in South Bend in St. Joseph County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Kenneth Rexroth
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 14, 2024
1. Kenneth Rexroth Marker, Side One
Rexroth became a conscientious objector actively opposed to World War II and Japanese-American internment. By the 1950s, his work combined poetry with jazz. Throughout his career, he remained a central figure in American literature, while writing extensive cultural and literary criticism. Until his death in 1982, he translated the work of Japanese and Chinese poets.
Erected 2017 by Indiana Historical Bureau Friends of Kenneth Rexroth. (Marker Number 71.2017.1.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Historical Bureau Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1905.
Location. 41° 41.174′ N, 86° 15.378′ W. Marker is in South Bend,
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Regionally, this marker is in Northern Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Camp Rose (approx. 0.2 miles away); History of the 1906 Studebaker Electric Fountain (approx. 0.2 miles away); Powell House (approx. 0.4 miles away); United States Constitution Bicentennial (approx. 0.4 miles away); On This Site South Bend Was Founded (approx. 0.6 miles away); Home of Hon. Schuyler Colfax (approx. 0.6 miles away); Site of Home of Schuyler Colfax (approx. 0.6 miles away); Jewish Cemetery Site (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 14, 2024
2. Kenneth Rexroth Marker, Side Two
Also see . . .
1. The Midwestern Making of Kenneth Rexroth: Robbing Cash Registers and Reading the Classics. At times described as cantankerous, paranoid, and bitter, Kenneth Rexroth, the trail-blazing Hoosier poet, cajoled and harangued some of the best poets of the Beat Generation. At the same time, he worked tirelessly to promote their work. First of two parts (Jill Weiss Simins, Indiana Historical Bureau Untold Indiana blog, April 25, 2017 (Submitted on July 3, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Kenneth Rexroth: Poet, Pacifist, Radical, and Reluctant Father of the Beat Generation. After a period of hitchhiking their way towards the West Coast, camping, and living on cold food, the twenty two-year-old burgeoning poet Kenneth Rexroth and his new artist wife Andrιe, arrived in San Francisco in the summer of 1927. Second of two parts (Jill Weiss Simins, Indiana Historical Bureau Untold Indiana blog, May 16, 2017 (Submitted on July 3, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 14, 2024
3. Kenneth Rexroth Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 161 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 3, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
