Pieces of a Song: Selected Poems
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Feminist Beat poet Diane di Prima was born in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Swarthmore College for two years before moving to Greenwich Village in Manhattan and becoming a writer in the emerging Beat movement. There, she developed friendships with poets Amiri Baraka, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Frank O'Hara and Audre Lorde. After joining Timothy Leary's intentional community in upstate New York, she moved to San Francisco in 1968. One of her...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0872862372
ISBN13:9780872862371
Release Date:January 1990
Publisher:City Lights Books
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.61 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 7.9"
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Pieces of a Song: Printed Divinity
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
To say that this collection of poems is "delightful" would be the understatement of the decade. Diane DiPrima quickly knocked her way up to being one of my favorite poets in the space of 5 days (the time it took for me to read this book !). These poems are bohemian and contemporary. They're forlorn in a controlled way, romantic but smirking, and strong willed. DiPrima truly outdid herself penning every word.
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