Editing Kenneth Patchen (section)

== Legacy ==
Although he did not achieve widespread fame during his lifetime, a small but dedicated following of fans and scholars continue to celebrate Patchen's art. The [[University of California, Santa Cruz]], hosts an archive of his work, entitled "Patchenobilia," <ref>{{cite web |url = http://library.ucsc.edu/special-collections-exhibits |title = Kenneth Patchen Archive: Patchenobelia |publisher = University of California, Santa Cruz |access-date = April 3, 2012 |archive-date = April 18, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150418114331/http://library.ucsc.edu/special-collections-exhibits |url-status = dead }}</ref> and many bookstores around the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], Patchen's final home, continue to host jazz and poetry events which include his works.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.kellyscovepress.com/calendar/ |title = Patchen Events Calendar |publisher = Kelly's Cove Press |access-date = April 3, 2012 }}</ref>

On [[Jimmy Buffett]]'s 1973 album  ''A White Sport Coat and A Pink Crustacean'', the single "Death of An Unpopular Poet" is claimed by Buffett to have been inspired by Patchen and fellow poet [[Richard Farina]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://archive.hightimes.com/article/1976/12/01/jimmy-buffett/|title=Jimmy Buffett |publisher=High Times Magazine |year=1976 |pages=52}}</ref>

Between 1987 and 1991 there were Kenneth Patchen Festivals, celebrating his work, in [[Warren, Ohio]], which encompasses the town of [[Niles, Ohio|Niles]], where Patchen was born and grew up. These festivals were sponsored by the [[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull]] Art Gallery in collaboration with the University of California, Santa Cruz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.ucsc.edu/book/export/html/1566 |title=Patchenobelia: A Gentle Introduction to Kenneth Patchen Archive. |publisher=Kenneth Patchen Archive |access-date=April 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329201942/http://library.ucsc.edu/book/export/html/1566 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt638nc9k7 |title = Guide to the Kenneth Patchen Festival Records |publisher = Online Archive of California |access-date = April 3, 2012 }}</ref> The little street where he lived as a child was renamed Patchen Avenue by the town of Niles.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=patchen%20way%20warren%20ohio&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x8833e07a98a3b2d9:0xd2534c0b7b2b43d4,Patchen%20Ave%20SE,%20Warren,%20OH%2044484&gl=us&ei=qHfiT7WkJa-N0QHhvtSuAw&ved=0CAkQ8gEwAA |title = Google Maps |work = google.com |access-date = June 1, 2016 }}</ref>

In 2007, Gallery 324 in the Galleria at Erieview in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, held a Kenneth Patchen Festival reception on April 13. Featured were Larry Smith of Bottom Dog Press, Doug Manson (SUNY, Buffalo) editor of Celery Flute Player (a Kenneth Patchen newsletter), numerous colorful Kenneth Patchen silkscreens on loan from the Trumbull Art Guild in Warren, and Douglas Paisley's paintings of The Journal of Albion Moonlight with text. The following day, at the same gallery M.L. Liebler and the Magic Poetry Band from Detroit accompanied readings by poets Chris Franke, Jim Lang, and others. Later that night, the festival moved uptown to The Barking Spider Tavern in the University Circle area for poetry readings accompanied by the Cleveland band The John Richmond All-Stars.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.poemeleon.org/newsblog/?currentPage=14|title = Poemeleon - newsblog}}</ref>
In 2011, Kelly's Cove Press published ''Kenneth Patchen: A Centennial Selection'', edited by Patchen's friend Jonathan Clark, in celebration of the centenary of Patchen's birth.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last = Clark |editor-first = Jonathan  |title = Kenneth Patchen: A Centennial Selection |publisher = Kelly's Cove Press |location = Berkeley, Calif. |year = 2011 |isbn = 978-1-61364-453-9 }}</ref>

In April 2012, Allen Frost published the ''Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Patchen'', which includes letters between Patchen and [[James Laughlin]], [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], [[Henry Miller]], [[Amos Wilder]], [[Dylan Thomas]], [[Thomas Wolfe]] and [[E.E. Cummings]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last = Frost |editor-first = Allen  |title = Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Patchen |year = 2012 |publisher = [[Larry R. Smith|Bottom Dog Press]] |isbn = 978-1-933964-55-3 }}</ref>

A full-color collection of Patchen's photos and art, ''An Astonished Eye: The Art of Kenneth Patchen,'' by Jonathan Clark, was published by Artichoke Press and the University of Rochester Library in 2014.