An Off the Record Guide to the Life and Work of Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the Beat poet best known for his work "A Coney Island of the Mind," was one of the greatest minds of his generation. Learn about the people that influenced his brilliant poetry, including the Romantic poets, Ezra Pound, E. E. Cummings, Carl Sandburg, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, and Vachel Lindsay. Learn about the infamous City Lights Bookstore that he founded and the role it played in the San Francisco Renaissance of the 1960s. Join the world of Allen Ginsburg, Diane DiPrima, Jack Kerouac, and William Carlos Williams and put yourself in Ferlinghetti's shoes.

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