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Rod McKuen: Best Selling Poet of the 60s and 70s

Largely forgotten today, Rod McKuen was once the most popular poet and singer/songwriter in the world. Although savaged and ridiculed by critics, academics, and literati, McKuen nevertheless sold 60 million books and 100 million records from 1965 through 1980, making him the best selling poet of all time. He was also a prolific songwriter and composer, a radio and television personality, a (closeted) gay activist, and a storyteller whose greatest fiction was himself. A touchstone of the 60s zeitgeist yet weirdly not really part of it, McKuen was equal parts a sincere romantic and a cynical huckster. In the 1980s He disappeared from public view into isolation and depression, living off his earnings until his death. For more information , check out:
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And Autumn Came (McKuen)
And Autumn Came
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Stanyan Street and Other Sorrows (Rod McKuen)
Stanyan Street and Other Sorrows
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Listen to the Warm (Rod McKuen)
Listen to the Warm
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Lonesome Cities (Rod McKuen)
Lonesome Cities
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In Someone's Shadow (Rod McKuen)
In Someone's Shadow
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Twelve Years of Christmas (Rod McKuen)
Twelve Years of Christmas
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Caught in the Quiet (Rod McKuen)
Caught in the Quiet
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Fields of Wonder (Rod McKuen)
Fields of Wonder
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The Carols of Christmas (McKuen)
The Carols of Christmas
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And to Each Season (McKuen)
And to Each Season
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Moment to Moment (McKuen)
Moment to Moment
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Come to Me in Silence (McKuen)
Come to Me in Silence
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Beyond the Boardwalk (McKuen)
Beyond the Boardwalk
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Celebrations of the Heart (Rod McKuen)
Celebrations of the Heart
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The Sea Around Me (McKuen)
The Sea Around Me
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Coming Close to the Earth (McKuen)
Coming Close to the Earth
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We Touch the Sky (McKuen)
We Touch the Sky
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The Power Bright and Shining (McKuen)
The Power Bright and Shining
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A Book of Days (McKuen)
A Book of Days
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The Beautiful Strangers (McKuen)
The Beautiful Strangers
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The Sound of Solitude (McKuen)
The Sound of Solitude
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Suspension Bridge (McKuen)
Suspension Bridge
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Intervals (McKuen)
Intervals
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Valentines (McKuen)
Valentines
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A Safe Place to Land (McKuen)
A Safe Place to Land
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Rusting in the Rain (McKuen)
Rusting in the Rain
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The Songs of Rod McKuen (McKuen)
The Songs of Rod McKuen
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The World of Rod McKuen (McKuen)
The World of Rod McKuen
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With Love (McKuen)
With Love
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New Ballads (McKuen)
New Ballads
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Pastorale (McKuen)
Pastorale
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Grand Tour (McKuen)
Grand Tour
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Finding My Father (McKuen)
Finding My Father
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An Outstretched Hand (McKuen)
An Outstretched Hand
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Seasons in the Sun (McKuen)
Seasons in the Sun
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Alone (McKuen)
Alone
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Hand in Hand (McKuen)
Hand in Hand
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Love's Been Good to Me (McKuen)
Love's Been Good to Me
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Looking for a Friend (McKuen)
Looking for a Friend
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Too Many Midnights (McKuen)
Too Many Midnights
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