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Ferlinghetti: 100
By Elsadorfman – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link I unexpectedly found myself in New York City last week. One of the best things about a creative life is that I can grab my gear and run at an opportunity like this. I had pending writing deadlines and some design work to do, but I [...]
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, beat generation, censorship, centenary, free speech, Howl, Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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City Lights at 60
When Gutenberg created the printing press humanity took a massive leap in literacy, social equality and political democracy. It’s hard to imagine in this day of tablet phones and digital literature, but after World War II the American paperback created a revolution of its own: it made books available for cheap and made publishing possible [...]
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Tagged 60th birthday, Allen Ginsberg, bookstore, Corso, Howl and Other Poems, Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, paperback
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