Tag Archives: poetry
Happy 100th Birthday Lawrence Ferlinghetti!
( by JD Jung) “As long as there is poetry, there will be an unknown; as long as there is an unknown there will be poetry. The function of the independent press (besides being essentially dissident) is still to discover, … Continue reading
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Tagged beat generation, free speech, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poetry
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Trump’s Trojan Horse – Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Legendary poet and long-time defender of free speech, Lawrence Ferlinghetti reads his new poem “Trump’s Trojan Horse”. Check it out below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29N5HqBAkeU When you’re in San Francisco, visit City Lights Booksellers & Publishers which he co-founded in 1953. Then wander … Continue reading
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Tagged beat generation, poetry, San Francisco
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Late Fame (NYRB Classics) – Arthur Schnitzler (Author), Alexander Starritt (Translator)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Around him was an atmosphere of hope, youth, self-confidence, and he breathed it in deeply. …some of the words they were using began to sound familiar to him…words he had thought of from time to time … Continue reading
Posted in Lost and almost forgotten, Skinny reads, World Literature
Tagged Austria, classics, fame, poetry, Vienna
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