The Essential Kenneth Leslie

In a career that spanned more than half a century, Kenneth Leslie published six books of poetry, including By Stubborn Stars, which won the Governor-General's medal in 1938. He also created The Protestant, one of the more controversial political publications of the 1930s and '40s, which earned him a national reputation in the United States as well as the unwanted attention of the FBI. `God's Red Poet' also produced a mass circulation anti-fascist comic book, and...
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In a career that spanned more than half a century, Kenneth Leslie published six books of poetry, including By Stubborn Stars, which won the Governor-General's medal in 1938. He also created The Protestant, one of the more controversial political publications of the 1930s and '40s, which earned him a national reputation in the United States as well as the unwanted attention of the FBI. `God's Red Poet' also produced a mass circulation anti-fascist comic book, and composed the words and music for `Cape Breton Lullaby', a well-known popular song. Among his less successful ventures were a `Broadway' musical, which collapsed in rehearsals, and a few dozen other songs which did not sell in Tin Pan Alley.