Ronnie Burk: A Man of Letters

Unrequited Records is thrilled to announce an event in San Francisco for the latest tribute album…Ronnie Burk: A Man of Letters.

To celebrate this release there will a Poetry reading and party on September 10 at 7PM at Alley Cat Books in San Francisco. The San Francisco readers include:

Lorna Dee Cervantes
Diane Di Prima
Inés Hernández-Ávila
Elaine Katzenberger
Monica Sanchez
Mia Kirsi Stageberg
Todd Swindell

The first half of this album contains various rare recordings of Ronnie including radio interviews & call-ins, specially taped segments for the ACTUP pirate radio show, as well as a visit to local San Francisco Lowell High School.

Hear Ronnie read Arthur Rimbaud, his own poetry including a brilliant collage letter to Andrei Codrescu, on confronting internal homophobia, the Aquarian love revolution, the rainbow credit card, rage as healing & how love is our greatest weapon.

The second half features more than two dozen friends & admirers reading Ronnie’s poems or sharing their remembrances & tribute poems.

Available on 12-inch vinyl, digipak CD or digital download, each version is unique and contains material that the others do not.