Boston born and bred, John Wieners was a queer self-styled po te maudit who was renowned among his contemporaries but ignored by mainstream critics.
Wieners was a voluble letter writer, maintaining friendships with these contemporaries that spanned decades and tackling a range of complex issues that resonat.
Twenty-first-century readers are correcting this elision, placing Wieners back alongside his better-known peers, including Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, Denise Levertov, and Amiri Baraka.
Boston born and bred, John Wieners was a queer self-styled po te maudit who was renowned among his contemporaries but ignored by mainstream critics