I have long admired Ron Whitehead. He is crazy as nine loons, and his poetry is a dazzling mix of folk wisdom and pure mathematics.

–Hunter S. Thompson

Ron Whitehead is a real visionary. Ron Whitehead, out there in Kentucky, is sowing the dragon’s teeth of a new heroics. Ron Whitehead is Bodhisattva in Kentucky.

–Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Poet, writer, editor, publisher, professor, scholar, activist, U.S. National Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate Ron Whitehead is the author of 30 books and 40 albums. A UNESCO Europe Writer-in-Residence, his work has been translated into 20 languages. He has performed in 20 countries. The City of Louisville presented him with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in The Arts. He has been nominated for the Pulitzer and the Nobel Prize in Literature. He has produced thousands of music and poetry events, festivals, and Insomniacathons across Europe and the USA. He produced the 4-hour SRO Official Hunter S. Thompson Tribute featuring Hunter, his mother Virginia, his son Juan, Johnny Depp, Warren Zevon, David Amram, Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley & more. With Dennie Humphrey he produced 10 GonzoFests, celebrating the life and work of Hunter S. Thompson. From 1,000 to 8,000 people attended those spectacular events. At 74, he continues to perform and record with The Storm Generation Band and musicians around the world. His newest book, TAPPING MY OWN PHONE, was just released by the National & International Beat Poetry Foundation. OUTLAW POET: The Legend of Ron Whitehead, a feature length documentary on Ron’s life and work, is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime Films Documentaries.

Ron Whitehead, the only begettor of all this, is here for good!

–Seamus Heaney

Of all America’s living poets – and I mean all of them, even the academic lauded boring ones – Ron Whitehead has the STRONGEST most PERSISTENT most POWERFUL VOICE of them all. You can hear his voice in every line, every word. It is the voice of Blake and the voice of Yeats; it is the voice of Kerouac and the voice of Ginsberg. It is the rolling thunder of Bob Dylan. It is the voice of THE POET.

–Dr. John Rocco

God used a golden eagle to bring the prophet Elijah to heaven. For a while it has seemed to me that he used the same wagon to send us Ron Whitehead but what do you know, here is a book that proves he came into this world from a mother’s womb. Ron Whitehead has written another masterpiece.

–Olafur Gunnarsson

Ron Whitehead is a living legend, a man who is his dream. An uplifting and inspiring outlaw poet who never looks up or down to anyone, but in the eyes – with courage, compassion and dignity. The Great Blue Heron of Quasar Poetry is a real treasure box.

–Doris Kareva

Ron Whitehead is already acknowledged by many of his Elders to be a Major Literary Figure and the epitome of the work ethic! Ron and I have collaborated, recorded, and performed at major festivals and universities all over the USA and Europe. Ron Whitehead is an extraordinary motivator who inspires young people to pursue the highest standards, to work tirelessly and to celebrate the intellect by constant study of Classic Literature while remaining Creative. Ron Whitehead is one of the great lyric poets of our time. His precious Kentucky roots fill our hearts. The first time I heard Ron Whitehead read I felt what I imagine those who heard Abraham Lincoln deliver “The Gettysburg Address” felt. I continue to learn from him.

–David Amram

Ron Whitehead is one of the most exciting poets in America. Poet and literary activist, he is one of the great poets of his generation.

–Douglas Brinkley

Ron Whitehead is a prophet. He is one of the world’s greatest poet prophets. What an inspiring honor to hear him read here at Granada Nicaragua’s International Poetry Festival!

–Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Ron Whitehead, His Holiness The Dalai Lama thanks you and offers his blessing and permission for you to create a poster of his message to you which you have written in the form of a poem. I would like to express my personal appreciation to you. Your poem of His Holiness’s message is extremely powerful and moving. I am confident that it will inspire many.

–Tenzin Geyche Tethong, Secretary to His Holiness The Dalai Lama