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GCDS-9780872864177 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100144630 02 0872864170 03 9780872864177 15 9780872864177 BC 1 B01 Ferlinghetti, Lawrence Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and founder of City Lights Books, author of <em>A Coney Island of the Mind </em>and <em>Pictures of the Gone World</em>, among numerous other books, has been drawing from life since his student days in Paris where he frequented the Academie Julien and where he did his first oil painting.</P> 2 A13 Ginsberg, Allen Allen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg was born June 3, 1926, the son of Naomi Ginsberg, Russian émigré, and Louis Ginsberg, lyric poet and school teacher, in Paterson, N.J. To these facts Ginsberg adds: "High school in Paterson till 17, Columbia College, merchant marine, Texas and Denver copyboy, Times Square, amigos in jail, dishwashing, book reviews, Mexico City, market research, Satori in Harlem, Yucatan and Chiapas 1954, West Coast 3 years. Later Arctic Sea trip, Tangier, Venice, Amsterdam, Paris, read at Oxford Harvard Columbia Chicago, quit, wrote "Kaddish" 1959, made tape to leave behind & fade in Orient awhile. Carl Solomon to whom "Howl" is addressed, is a intuitive Bronx dadaist and prose-poet." 3 A01 Morgan, Bill Bill Morgan <strong>Bill Morgan</strong> is a painter and archival consultant working in New York City. His previous publications include <em>The Works of Allen Ginsberg 1941-1994: A Descriptive Bibliography</em> and <em>Lawrence Ferlinghetti: a Comprehensive Bibliography</em>. He has worked as an archivist for Allen Ginsberg, Abbie Hoffman, and Timothy Leary.<br> 01 eng 240 01 <P>A blow-by-blow unearthing of the places where the Beat writers first came to full bloom: the flat where Ginsberg wrote "Howl;" Gary Snyder's zen cottage in Berkeley; the ghostly railroad yards where Kerouac and -Cassady toiled; the pads where Jack & Neal & Carolyn lived; Ferlinghetti's favorite haunts. This meticulous guide also brings to light never-before-heard stories about Corso, Bob Kaufman, DiPrima, Kyger, Lamantia and other West Coast Beats. A entertaining read as well as a practical walking (and driving) tour that covers the entire Bay Area. With an introduction by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.</P><P><strong>Bill Morgan </strong>is a painter and archival consultant working in New York City. He is the author of <em>The Beat Generation in New York: A Walking Tour of Jack Kerouac's City</em>.</P> 02 A blow-by-blow unearthing of the places where the Beat writers first came to full bloom: the flat where Ginsberg wrote "Howl;" Gary Snyder's zen cottage in Berkeley; the ghostly railroad yards where Kerouac and -Cassady toiled; the pads where Jack &... 04 02 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100144630/images/87286100144630L.gif 07 02 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100144630/images/87286100144630S.gif http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100144630 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 20030501 01 8.5 in 02 4.25 in 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 20030501 01 02 17.95 USD