Ferlinghetti: A Life

by Neeli Cherkovski

Book Overview

"No one mulling this gentle record will fail to be moved."
--San Francisco Chronicle

Poet, publisher, bookseller, activist--this is the story of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the bookshop he made a landmark in San Francisco, and a life beautifully lived with writers and books.

In the mid-1950s a group of San Francisco-based writers emerged as a central force in American letters. Self-styled bohemians, disillusioned with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574232592
• ISBN13: 9781574232592
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Black Sparrow Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"