Rest in Peace, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, you old-ass bastard

[Bouvre]

I would normally try to be a good board helper and post this in Arts and Literature, but any small chance to be subversive I'm sure would be smiled upon by a pioneer of Beat literature.

 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/obituaries/lawrence-ferlinghetti-dead.amp.html%3f0p19G=6214

"The spiritual godfather of the Beat movement, Mr. Ferlinghetti made his home base in the modest independent book haven now formally known as City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. A self-described “literary meeting place” founded in 1953 and located on the border of the city’s sometimes swank, sometimes seedy North Beach neighborhood, City Lights, on Columbus Avenue, soon became as much a part of the San Francisco scene as the Golden Gate Bridge or Fisherman’s Wharf. (The city’s board of supervisors designated it a historic landmark in 2001.)

While older and not a practitioner of their freewheeling personal style, Mr. Ferlinghetti befriended, published and championed many of the major Beat poets, among them Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Michael McClure. His connection to their work was exemplified — and cemented — in 1956 with his publication of Ginsberg’s most famous poem, the ribald and revolutionary “Howl,” an act that led to Mr. Ferlinghetti’s arrest on charges of “willfully and lewdly” printing “indecent writings.”

In a significant First Amendment decision, he was acquitted, and “Howl” became one of the 20th century’s best-known poems. (The trial was the centerpiece of the 2010 film “Howl,” in which James Franco played Ginsberg and Andrew Rogers played Mr. Ferlinghetti.)"

 

Fuck resting in peace. Charge ahead, Lawrence. That it took death 101 years to catch you is miraculous enough to know you're not done.

 

 

 

[nameraka]

Jesus. He was still alive? 

[Bouvre]

18 hours ago, nameraka said:

Jesus. He was still alive? 

Right!? 

Glad he was though