[2.23.21] Lawrence Ferlinghetti Dead at 101 Years

[greeneyes]

Ferlinghetti was big. City Lights occupies lots of space on my shelf and in my heart. Thanks for bringing the voices to our lives.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and founder of City Lights, dead at 101

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, publisher, painter and pivotal figure to the Beats and about...

www.sfchronicle.com

Lawrence Ferlinghetti—the San Francisco poet, publisher and bookseller—has died

Ferlinghetti was the co-founder of the legendary City Lights bookstore and a champion of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.

www.latimes.com

 

[verporchting]

I shall read “Howl” tonight in the spirit of the Beatniks.

RIP sir.

 

[buck17]

What a legend.

 

[alaskanpiper]

RIP. A titan of American Outlaw Poetry and a hell of a writer's advocate.