Mary, my little girl, was confirmed in a Buddhist temple. She saw the Life write up on Buddhism, with pictures of the ceremony, and she said she wanted to be confirmed there because she only liked Jesus as a kid. She was a little disappointed in him when he grew up.

Despite the value of his critical prose he dismissed these works as being financially motivated. They remained married until Rexroth's death in 1982. de L.

Rexroth had two daughters Mary (who later changed her name to Mariana) and Katharine by his third wife Marthe Larsen. Kenneth Rexroth (December 22 1905 – June 6 1982) was an American poet translator and critical essayist. Although he did not consider himself to be a Beat poet and disliked the association he was dubbed the "Father of the Beats" by Time.