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COM.ONIXSUITE.9780872863200 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100248590 02 0872863204 03 9780872863200 15 9780872863200 BC 1 A01 Lamantia, Philip Philip Lamantia 01 eng 141 00 141 03 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Beat Generation 24 Internet CL Hierarchy California Writers 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Poetry 01 Allen Ginsberg wrote that Philip Lamantia was one of his poetic teachers, an American soothsayer on the level of Edgar Allen Poe, and I don't know how much more encouragement you'd need to check out this stunning collection. "The Owl" ("the dark steps I climb are lit up / by his Eye magnetic to the moon") is brilliant and evocative, and fairly typical of the level of writing to be found here. Visionary, lyrical, and hypnotic. 02 Allen Ginsberg wrote that Philip Lamantia was one of his poetic teachers, an American soothsayer on the level of Edgar Allen Poe, and I don't know how much more encouragement you'd need to check out this stunning collection. "The Owl" ("the dark steps... 08 "A man in command of a wild imagination...with a particular place in the ranks of t he most important moderns." Library Journal 08 "...great drive and excitement." Kenneth Rexroth 08 "An American original, soothsayer even as Poe...native companion and teacher to myself." Allen Ginsberg 08 "...things are caught in hallucinatory moments of attention, as if noticed for the first time...reading (the poems) has continually this jamis vu unexpectedness and splendor." Tom Clark 04 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100248590/images/87286100248590L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100248590/images/87286100248590S.jpg http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100248590 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 19970101 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 30 19970101 01 02 12.95 USD