Bibliography
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POETRY
- Before the Brave, Random House, 1936.
- First Will and Testament, New Directions, 1939.
- Teeth of the Lion, New Directions, 1942.
- The Dark Kingdom, Harriss & Givens, 1942.
- Cloth of the Tempest, Harper, 1943.
- An Astonished Eye Looks Out of the Air, Untide Press, 1945.
- Outlaw of the Lowest Planet, Grey Walls Press, 1946.
- Selected Poems, New Directions, 1946.
- Pictures of Life and Death, Max Padell, 1947.
- They Keep Riding Down All the Time, Max Padell, 1947.
- Panels for the Walls of Heaven, Bern Porter, 1947.
- CCCLXXIV Poems, Max Padell, 1948.
- Red Wine and Yellow Hair, New Directions, 1949.
- Orchards, Thrones and Caravans, Print Workshop, 1952.
- Fables and Other Little Tales, Jonathan Williams, 1953.
- The Famous Boating Party and Other Poems in Prose, New Directions, 1954.
- Glory Never Guesses, privately printed, 1955.
- Surprise for the Bagpipe Player, privately printed, 1956.
- When We Were Here Together, New Directions, 1957.
- Hurrah for Anything: Poems and Drawings (also see below), Jonathan Williams, 1957.
- Poemscapes (also see below), Jonathan Williams, 1958.
- To Say If You Love Someone, Decker Press, 1959.
- Because It Is (also see below), New Directions, 1960.
- Love Poems, City Lights, 1960, published as The Love Poems of Kenneth Patchen, Kraus Reprint, 1973.
- Poems of Humor and Protest, City Lights, 1960.
- Selected Love Poems, Jargon, 1965.
- Like Fun I'll Tell You, Jonathan Williams, 1966.
- Hallelujah Anyway (also see below), New Directions, 1966.
- But Even So (also see below), New Directions, 1968.
- Love and War Poems, Whisper & Shout, 1968.
- The Collected Poems of Kenneth Patchen, New Directions, 1969.
- Aflame and Afun of Walking Faces, New Directions, 1970.
- Wonderings, New Directions, 1971.
- In Quest of Candlelighters, New Directions, 1972.
- A Poem for Christmas, Artichoke, 1976.
- The Argument of Innocence, Scrimshaw Press, 1977.
- Still Another Pelican in the Breadbox, edited by Richard Morgan, Pig Iron Press, 1980.
- What Shall We Do Without Us? The Voice and Vision of Kenneth Patchen, Sierra Book Club, 1984.
NOVELS
- The Journal of Albion Moonlight, Max Padell, 1941.
- The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer: An Amusement, New Directions, 1945.
- Sleepers Awake, Max Padell, 1946.
- See You in the Morning, Max Padell, 1948.
PLAYS
- Now You See It (Don't Look Now), produced Off-Off-Broadway at Thresholds Theatre, December, 1966.
- Patchen's Lost Plays, edited by Richard Morgan, Capra, 1977.
OMNIBUS VOLUMES
- Doubleheader (contains Poemscapes, Hurrah for Anything, and A Letter to God), New Directions, 1966.
- Out of the World of Patchen, New Directions, 1970, Volume 1: Because It Is, Volume 2: But Even So, Volume 3: Doubleheader, Volume 4: Hallelujah Anyway.
