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One of the most important female voices of the Beat generation speaks out in this candid memoir of her life in the 1950s Greenwich Village art and literary scenes. 10,000 first printing.
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"This journey of a young Italian American girl, through the minefields of her childhood in Brooklyn to her breakthrough as a liberated female intellectual decades before the modern women's movement began, is never less than honest and resounds with authenticity." --The Washington Post
"These 'Recollections' are full of light and wonder." --San Francisco ChronicleAbout the Author
Diane Di Prima is the author of thirty-four books of poetry and prose, which have been translated into twenty languages. She lives in San Francisco, where she works as a writer and teacher.
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signed first edition, 2001. captivating memoir describing the first three decades of the author's remarkable life. born into a conservative italian-american family in brooklyn, di prima defied her roots and devoted herself to becoming a poet, a commitment she made in high school. she describes the vibrant, avant-garde scene of 1950s and 1960s manhattan, where she became a prominent poet, editor, and single mother. new york: viking. isbn: 0-670-85166-3. 9.1x6". 423 pages. hardcover. bound in partial-cloth covered boards. book condition: bumping to head of spine, owner inscription. near fine. jacket condition: mild bumping to foot of spine. near fine. Seller Inventory # 1142