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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

*1919 US, Yonkers, New York
Spoken Word and Jazz

Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (born March 24, 1919) is an American poet, painter, liberal activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. Author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, he is best known for A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages, with sales of more than one million copies.

     
Genres
  • Spoken Word
  • Jazz
  • Folk
  • World
  • Rock
Popular Tracks   
The World Is a Beautiful Place on Tentative Description of a Dinner to Promote the Impeachment of President Eisenhower by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Language of the Birds: No. 3, — on With Strings Attached by San Francisco Choral Artists, Alexander String Quartet & Magen Solomon
Baseball Canto on Lawrence Ferlinghetti Live at The Poetry Center by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Live at The Poetry Center
Underwear on 100 Great Poems - Classic Poets & Beatnik Freaks by Various Artists
Coney Island of the Mind , Pt. 1 on A Coney Island Of The Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Dream: On a Sunny Afternoon... on Kerouac - Kicks Joy Darkness by Various Artists
Tentative Description of a Dinner to Promote the Impeachment of President Eisenhower on Tentative Description of a Dinner to Promote the Impeachment of President Eisenhower by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
See It Was Like This When... on 100 Great Poems - Classic Poets & Beatnik Freaks by Various Artists
Coney Island of the Mind , Pt. 10 on A Coney Island Of The Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Coney Island of the Mind , Pt. 2 on A Coney Island Of The Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Live At The Poetry CenterLawrence Ferlinghetti2003Album
Beatnici V Praze / The Beats In PragueAllen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder2001Album
A Coney Island Of The MindLawrence Ferlinghetti1999Album
The Coney ISland of Lawrence FerlinghettiLawrence Ferlinghetti1996Single
The Pale Horse Riders / Lawrence FerlinghettiThe Pale Horse Riders / Lawrence Ferlinghetti1995Single
America Today! (The World's Greatest Poets Vol. I)Allen Ginsberg / Gregory Corso / Lawrence Ferlinghetti1971Album
FerlinghettiLawrence Ferlinghetti1969Album
Reading From "Starting From San Francisco"Lawrence Ferlinghetti1961Single
Tentative Description Of A Dinner To Promote The Impeachment Of President Eisenhower And Other Poems By Lawrence FerlinghettiLawrence Ferlinghetti1958Album
Poetry Readings In The CellarKenneth Rexroth / Lawrence Ferlinghetti With The Cellar Jazz Quintet1957Album
Rebel Poets Of AmericaKenneth Patchen / Lawrence FerlinghettiAlbum
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