Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s presence in San Francisco remembered
When Lawrence Ferlinghetti died in February, for some it felt like the poet and City Lights Booksellers & Publishers co-founder took a piece of San Francisco with him. Like the store, Ferlinghetti was a literary landmark, his presence in North Beach and around the city as much a given as the fog or cable car bells. While his death at age 101 was pe...
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Poetry’s Rock Star
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who died on Monday at the age of 101, was one of the key figures in 20th century American culture. He was as responsible as any single other person for the rise of the Beats, the end of obscenity laws, and, not least, the transformation of San Francisco from a backwater province to a vibrant artistic center. He did all this t...
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Maria Lisella (Poet)
A few days ago, during the inauguration of the new President of the United States in Washington DC, there was a moment when the whole world rediscovered, if ever there was a need, the power of poetry. It was when 22 years old Amanda Gorman, the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate, delivered her beautiful poem "The Hill We Climb"....
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Diane DiPrima Park: the petition
Diane Rose di Prima (1934-2020), America’s most influential female poet of the past three-quarter-century, lived, wrote, taught, and worked in San Francisco from 1968 until her passing in 2020. She was the author of approximately 50 books of poetry, drama, and prose. Diane di Prima was named Poet Laureate of San Francisco in 2009 and retained that...
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Diane di Prima, prolific Beat poet, dead at 86
Diane di Prima, a prolific poet who pursued the life of a Beat and rose to the position of San Francisco poet laureate, died Sunday, Oct. 25. For eight years, di Prima had battled Parkinson’s disease, a progressive disorder of the central nervous system, and Sjogren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disease characterized by dry eyes and mouth. She also had...
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Verses Sacred & Profane: A Spicy Literary Lushness in Lent
Saturday, March 21, 2020. 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM EDT. Revelation Gallery, 224 Waverly Place - ground floor, New York, NY 10014. LindaAnn LoSchiavo reading her poetry from Concupiscent Consumption [Red Ferret Press, 2020] and A Route Obscure and Lonely [Wapshott Press, 2020]. Michael Palma reading from his published volumes, A Fortune in Gold and Begin i...
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John Giorno, Storied Artist Who Expanded Poetry’s Possibilities, Is Dead at 82
John Giorno, who blazed an inimitable, almost-impossible-to-believe path through the most venturesome regions of poetry, art, music, and activism in postwar New York, died on Friday. He was 82. His death was confirmed by his galleries Almine Rech and Sperone Westwater. Giorno was one of those extremely rare figures who would have had an admired car...
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IAWA at New York City Poetry Festival
Saturday, July 27th. 11:00 am. The White Horse - 567 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014 IAWA: Italian American Writers Association. Julie Forgione is working on two collections: one of short stories and another of poetry. Mike Fiorito’s book Call Me Guido was just published by Ovunque Siamo Press in 2019. Maria Lisella’s Thieves in the Family was publis...
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