his entire writing life. Even after years of studying and practicing Zen Buddhism, he was beset by shame and self-consciousness, expressed in lines such as these:"Epigram, Upon Himself"
People can forgive all my faults; They despise me for being fat.
Intriguingly, "being fat" apparently is not included among his faults, a distinction fine enough to presage further psychological revelations.
from San Francisco Chronicle: Beat Philip Whalen's poetry collected in one sprawling volume
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