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Date Posted: 05:05:45 12/05/03 Fri
Author: The Divine Animal
Subject: Invitation to Visit New Online Journal of Literary Erotica

San Francisco Poet Lenore Kandel
Featured in New Literary Journal

The work of visionary San Francisco poet Lenore Kandel is featured in the December 1, 2003, debut edition of The Divine Animal, an online journal of literary erotica.

Kandel, now 72, was one of the guiding lights of Beat-era poetry and a major figure in the San Francisco artistic renaissance of the 1960’s. She is generally credited as being among the most influential women poets during this fertile literary climate, and her work has been critically praised for its vibrant sense of life, openness and courage to venture into uncharted literary territory.

You are invited to visit The Divine Animal at www.divineanimal.com. The mission of this monthly journal is to publish the highest quality contemporary poetry, short fiction, criticism and visual artwork available, and which also celebrates the erotic aspect of human nature, Editor Sieannen Bell said. Bell also is a poet and painter.

Fiction writers, poets, essayists, painters and photographers whose work fits this description are invited to submit material for consideration by email to submissions@divineanimal.com. Text should be submitted in the body of the email, and photos and graphics should be submitted as attachments. Please follow our guidelines, which are posted in the magazine, and your work will be warmly received.

Kandel’s major published works are The Love Book and Word Alchemy. The Love Book was prosecuted for obscenity in 1966 and resulted in one of the longest legal battles in California history. After raids by San Francisco police, employees were arrested at The City Lights Bookstore and the former Psychedelic Shop, and all copies of the book were confiscated. The case was not resolved until 1974, when the obscenity conviction was overturned.

The Love Book was unavailable to the general public for 36 years. In November, 2003, Superstition Street Press of San Francisco republished the book. Word Alchemy, initially published by Grove Press, has been out of print for many years. Superstition Street Press tentatively plans to publish Kandel’s collected works in the spring of 2004, incorporating both published volumes and many previously unpublished poems.

Kandel, who has been disabled for many years following a motorcycle crash, still lives in San Francisco. She continues to write.

In the 1960’s, Kandel was associated with the Digger movement and the “Gathering of the Tribes: The Human Be-in” in San Francisco. Jack Kerouac used her as the model for “Ramona Swartz,” a character in his novel, Big Sur.

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