In the then-current rating system, "X" meant a film too graphic for those under 17 to be admitted, even with an accompanying parent. Thus to call a book of poems "XX", with double X, was strong language. The Kennedy review (February 17, 1974), along with others from the time, can be read at http://www.enotes.com/topics/eleanor-lerman.
Source: "One Writer's Life (or, Call Me, Andy)", an autobiographical essay posted 2009 at Litkicks.com. The idea that America would soon experience a political revolution bringing social justice was common among young people at that time, though it is not clear from the quotation whether Lerman is actually attributing this belief to her youthful self.
"One Writer's Life", cited above. The harpsichord workshop is remembered affectionately in Lerman's writings. Her first book, Armed Love, is dedicated to the "harpsichordettes", her fellow workers; and memories of the time appear in the poem "The Farm in Winter", quoted below, and at greater length in the short story "Civilization", from The Blonde on the Train. In Janet Planet, the main character assembles a 'Guttenberg' harpsichord kit (Researchgate.net); and in "The River House", from Observers and Other Stories, the protagonist answers the same ad that the real Lerman answered, works in the shop for a time, then follows another builder elsewhere.
