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Films: "The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" + "The Poetry Deal" (SF Main Library)

Honoring Beat poets Diane di Prima and Allen Ginsberg during National Poetry Month through documentaries at San Francisco Public Library. [ more ]

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parisreview 9 hours ago

"It is several years since this dinner, and I remember best the taste of persimmons soaked in muscadet, and the kindness of a famous man to someone who would admit to being young, but only hesitantly to being a poet." @athenek

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Films: "The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" + "The Poetry Deal" (SF Main Library)

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