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This biography explores the life of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a poet, publisher, and activist who transformed San Francisco's literary scene. In the mid-1950s, he became a pivotal figure among the Beat Generation, a group of disillusioned writers including Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Gregory Corso, who challenged conventional American ideals. Ferlinghetti, the owner of City Lights Booksellers and City Lights Publishers, played a crucial role in promoting the works of these rebellious voices while also seeking his own identity through poetry. His journey began with a tumultuous childhood, culminating in the 1958 release of his first poetry collection, A Coney Island of the Mind, which sold over a million copies and became a landmark in American poetry. This first biography, originally published in 1979 by Neeli Cherkovski, delves into Ferlinghetti's formative years and the significance of his contributions. The newly expanded edition, released after his passing in 2021 at age 101, features a humorous foreword detailing the book's creation, an epilogue reflecting on the last forty years of his life, and a heartfelt afterword about the author's long relationship with Ferlinghetti. This compelling narrative appeals to those interested in American culture and the intersection of literature and social change.

Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. Introduction by Patrick James Dunagan. A transcribed conversation between two prolific American poets. Swapping personal stories and anecdotes, Coolidge and Cherkovski offer insight into a wide range of topics including: the New York School, the San Francisco poetry scene of the 60s/70s/80s, the Language School, the Vancouver Poetry Conference, the Berkeley Poetry Conference, David Meltzer, Allen Ginsberg, John Ashbery, Charles Olson, Gertrude Stein, Philip Whalen, Charles Bukowski, Bernadette Mayer, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston and more. Includes lengthy appendices where each poet presents some thoughts on poetics and their approaches to writing poems.

Neeli Cherkovski beschreibt in seiner Biographie die lebenslange Freundschaft mit Charles Bukowski, die 1963 begann. Er beleuchtet Bukowskis schwierige Kindheit, seine Erfahrungen mit Arbeit, Gefängnis und dem Schreiben als Rettung. Die überarbeitete deutsche Ausgabe erscheint anlässlich Bukowskis 100. Geburtstag.

The definitive life of Charles Bukowski: literary legend and outlaw.

Inspired by D.H. Lawrence, Chekhov and Hemingway, Bukowski's writing is passionate, extreme and has attracted a cult following, while his life was as weird and wild as the tales he wrote. This collection of short stories gives an insight into the dark, dangerous lowlife of Los Angeles that Bukowski inhabited. From prostitutes to classical music, Bukowski ingeniously mixes high and low culture in his 'tales of ordinary madness'. These are angry yet tender, humorous and haunting portrayals of life in the underbelly of Los Angeles.