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ISBN: 0811213471

ISBN13: 9780811213479

A Far Rockaway of the Heart

Name: Great Bohemian Poetry
Item: A Far Rockaway of the Heart
Rating: 5
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by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Book Overview

A sequence of one hundred and one poems with recurrent themes, it includes various sections on love, art, music, history, and literature, as well as confrontations with major figures in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0811213471

ISBN13:9780811213479

Release Date:May 1997

Publisher:New Directions Publishing Corporation

Length:124 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.4"

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Great Bohemian Poetry

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago

This is a great book for exploring the Bohemian poetry movement in the U.S. (namely, San Francisco). Contains the poem, "Autobiography," in which Ferlinghetti misidentifies Mount Rushmore as existing in North Dakota--but as I met him recently at a reading at the U of Minnesota, he was cool about it--knew exactly what I was talking about. . .so maybe he has learned a little since the time he wrote it!

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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago

A Far Rockaway of the Heart is Ferlinghetti's most recent anthology of poetry, and it's one of his best. With more than one hundred poems, it's also packed full of passion. I think that after many years of searching, Ferlinghetti finally found his true voice. These poems are sometimes funny, sometimes painful, but always beautifully created and full of life.