Franklin Rosemont
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Franklin Rosemont (born October 2, 1943) was co founder of the The Chicago Surrealist Group. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
He edited and wrote an introduction for What is Surrealism?: Selected Writings of Andre Breton, and edited Rebel Worker and Arsenal/Surrealist Subversion. With the artist Penelope Rosemont and Paul Garon he edited The Forecast is Hot!. His work has been deeply concerned with both the history of Surrealism and of the radical labor movement in America.
He is the author of the poetry collection The Morning of a Machine Gun: Twenty Poems & Documents. Profusely Illustrated By the Author. and An Open Entrance to the Shut Palace of Wrong Numbers, a book that explores the phenomenon of "wrong numbers" that is inspired by surrealism, which was published by Black Swan Press in 2003.
Reference: Review (http://info.interactivist.net/BookReviews/04/02/21/1730258.shtml?tid=2)