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by: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780811217194
ISBN: 0811217191
Label: New Directions
Manufacturer: New Directions
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 90
Publication Date: September 01, 2007
Publisher: New Directions
Sales Rank: 454489
Studio: New Directions
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After a lifetime, this (r)evolutionary little book is still a work-in-progress, the poet's ars poetica, to which at 88 he is constantly adding.
From the groundbreaking (and betselling) A Coney Island of the Mind in 1958 to the 'personal epic' of Americus, Book I in 2003, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has, in more than thirty books, been the poetic conscience of America. Now in Poetry As Insurgent Art, he offers, in prose, his primer of what poetry is, could be, should be. The result is by turns tender and furious, personal and political. If you are a reader of poetry, find out what is missing from the usual fare you are served; if you are a poet, read at your own riskâyou will never again look at your role in the same way.
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Rating: - The Power of Words
Ferlinghetti's little book is full of big inspiration. It is a call to take poetry off the page and live the words. Buy extra copies for your friends and loves, for this is essential reading.
Rating: - Poetic Wisdom
This great little book - small enough to carry in one's back pocket, like a New Testament or the Little Red Book of Chairman Mao - is my new Manifesto. "Poetry deconstructs power. Absolute poetry deconstructs absolutely." Happy deconstructing.
Rating: - Review - Poetry As Insurgent Art
Ferlinghetti never ceases to amaze. The volume may be slim, but it is rich with Beat philosophy, true to the Cause. This is a must for fans of the Beat poets.
Rating: - Beautiful
This is the best work of art that I've seen in a long time. Wonderful.
Rating: - Lawrence of America
More bon mots from the old bard of San Francisco. To this day Ferlinghetti gets confused for a Beat poet. He is in fact a Bohemian poet and artist who only published the Beats. In this book his words are few but to the point. You want to keep this in your back pocket at all times. Who knows when you're gonna need some emergency wisdom!? He is one of the best poets alive and the title of Lawrence of America is well-earned for a man who single-handedly changed the literary landscape of this country. ... Read More
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