About the Author

The poet, publisher, and activist Lawrence Ferlinghetti, born in Yonkers, New York, in 1919, has received the Robert Frost Memorial Medal and the first Literarian Award of the National Book Foundation. He is the subject of Christopher Felver's new film documentary, Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder.

Reviews

This 50th-anniversary edition is being reproduced in a quality hardcover and includes the special bonus of a newly recorded CD of the author reading the 29 poems. Great for the price. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.

"Lawrence gets you laughing then hits you with the truth." -- Francis Ford Coppola "A brave man and a brave poet." -- Bob Dylan