Words and Wanderings
A ray of cultural starlight ever since the Beat era, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has released nearly 40 volumes of poetry and prose. His
A Coney Island of the Mind is an anti-establishment classic and one of the best-selling poetry books ever. He cofounded City Lights bookstore, a local wonder of the world. He published Allen Ginsberg’s
Howl, and his victory in the resulting obscenity trial enhanced free-speech protections for all artists. He has served as San Francisco’s poet laureate. He paints, too. Now 96, Ferlinghetti has further increased his catalog with the release of
Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journals 1960-2013. Selected mostly from unpublished, handwritten notebooks, and filled with poetic phraseology and political spirit, these journals cover experiences ranging from the scene in Havana during the Cuban Revolution to a strange trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway. The volume also includes poems, many of them previously unpublished. Details will be provided by Ferlinghetti himself during this bookstore appearance. Editors Giada Diano and Matt Gleeson will join him.
— Anita Katz
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