Today is Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 100th birthday. A noted author and co-founder of City Lights in San Francisco, Ferlinghetti was -- and is -- a critically important figure in the Beat Generation story.
Click here for a recent article about Ferlinghetti written by Beat scholar Barry Miles.
Miles concludes, "At the centenary of his birth, there’s no question that Ferlinghetti discovered America and that his work, as a publisher and a poet, has been an indelible wonder."
In honor of Ferlinghetti's 100th birthday, read something by him today. Click here for "Dog," a poem Miles mentions.
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