Guide to the B.L. Kennedy Collection MC 126
Andrew J. Chandar
Sacramento Public Library
2024
Contributing Institution:
Sacramento Public Library
email: sacroom@saclibrary.org
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Title: Guide to the B.L. Kennedy Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MC 126
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/31/resources/1261
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
2 archival boxes
Date (inclusive): 1974-2011
Abstract: Collection is composed of items – photographs, ephemera, envelopes, photographs, keepsakes, and letters – written to and from
Sacramentan poet Barri Louis Kennedy.
Language of Material:
English
.
B.L. Kennedy born Barri Louis Kennedy, on October 31, 1953, in the Bronx, New York is a writer, poet, columnist, and journalist
based out of Sacramento, California. Known to his peers and contemporaries as a man of action, Kennedy is a highly regarded
figure in the Sacramento poetry and literary scene. He spent several years as a contributing writer to The Rattlesnake Press
where he conducted many interviews and published his poems and other work. Kennedy has been described by his peers as possessing
a fierce tenacity and liberal with his praise and criticisms. Throughout his career he was a fixture in Sacramento where he
would attend poetry slams, open mic nights, and spoken word engagements.
B.L. Kennedy Collection, MC 126, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California.
The collection is comprised of four groupings: l. Personal writings of B.L. Kennedy; ll. Posters; lll. Rattlesnake Press which
consists of Kennedy as an interviewer, list of interviewees include: Frank Andrick, Julia Connor, Ann Menebroker, Malik, Jane
Blue; IV. Rattlesnake Press Poems, with V.S. Chochezi, Crawdad Nelson, Song Cowbell, William S. Gainer, Staajabu; V. Posters
and flyers. Items are in good condition and possess no signs of mistreatment.
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