Pen Pals with the God Father of Beat Poetry

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Happy 101st Birthday Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1965). Attribution.

What is Lawrence Ferlinghetti best known for?

The author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, painter, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), which has been translated into nine…