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Al Young, California poet laureate, novelist, singer and lecturer, dies at 81

Al Young, California poet laureate, novelist, singer and lecturer, dies at 81
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Obituary: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, bookseller and philosophical anarchist

Died: February 22, 2021. LAWRENCE Ferlinghetti, who has died aged 101, was an American literary revolutionary who opened out the world of books to all. As a poet, his work possessed a pared-back directness and Zen simplicity. He wrote for the tongue as much as the page, and delivered his words in energetic sing-song tones that paved the way for spoken-word scenes to come. His 1958 collection, A Coney Island of the Mind, sold more than a million copies. He once said that “art should be accessible to all people, not just a handful of highly-educated intellectuals”. As a bookseller, his shop, City Lights, adopted a similarly egalitarian, open-all-hours approach that made it the nexus of San Francisco’s underground Beat scene in search of late-night literary fixes.

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Jonathan P Baird: Celebrating Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Jonathan P. Baird: Celebrating Lawrence Ferlinghetti Published: 3/7/2021 11:00:19 AM In America, poets remain largely unknown. Most write in obscurity. It is a rare poet who breaks through and develops a mass audience. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who died on Feb. 22 was one of those rare poets who had a mass, non-academic audience. He was a major force in 20th century American culture. A poet, a painter, a publisher and a progressive activist, Ferlinghetti lived in San Francisco in the North Beach neighborhood. Probably, most famously, he was a co-founder of City Lights Bookstore which both sold books and had a publishing wing. If Ferlinghetti had a mission it was to democratize literature and make it accessible to all. He wrote:

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