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An excerpt from Real conversations 1 Introduction to Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
Lawrence Ferlinghetti was the first San Francisco Poet Laureate. Besides poetry and prose, he has produced hundreds of paintings, drawings and other works.
In 1953 he and Peter D. Martin co-founded City Lights Bookstore, which published Allen Ginsberg's seminal poem, Howl. His own Pictures of the Gone World and A Coney Island of the Mind became poetry best-sellers. Ferlinghetti has spoken out against HUAC, the Vietnam war, and numerous other political and social violations. He continues to write, give readings, paint, and write a monthly column for the San Francisco Chronicle, "Poetry As News," archived on www.citylights.com. His numerous books are listed at the back of this interview. Currently there are five biographies in English of Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Neeli Cherkovski's Ferlinghetti: A Biography (1979; personable, not a critical biography); Barry Silesky's Ferlinghetti: The Artist in His Time (1990; a more scholarly account); Larry R. Smith's Poet-At-Large, (1983; not a full-scale biography); Michael Skau's Constantly Risking Absurdity (1989, Whitson Publishing Co.) and Christopher Felver's Ferlinghetti Portrait, an art-photography hardback. Numerous books containing Ferlinghetti biographical data and interviews exist in other languages. He has also been documented on videos such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Rivers of Light and An Evening with Lawrence Ferlinghetti as well as on various audio recordings, including some poetry-and-jazz sessions. Lawrence Ferlinghetti has two children, several grandchildren, and lives in San Francisco. "Interim Pad" self-published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1967 |
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