Son of immigrant gets busted for “indecent” publishing, beats rap, becomes landmark figure in history of American poetry. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, dead at 101.
I first heard about
A Coney Island of the Mind from a junior high English teacher who figured we were mature enough to handle "Christ Climbed Down." Here's to the teachers who turn us on to the poets who turn us on.
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