Today -- August 6 -- is award-winning Beat poet Diane di Prima's birthday. She was born in 1934. I don't think she appeared in any of Jack Kerouac's works, but he appeared in hers in a randy sex scene in her Memoirs of a Beatnik. I liked that book a lot, in particular how she graphically but sensitively described her various sexual experiences.
We reviewed her 2015 poetry book, The Poetry Deal, HERE, and curated it HERE. We curated Memoirs of a Beatnik HERE.
In honor of her birthday, you can read about Diane and find some of her poetry HERE.
Happy Heavenly Birthday, Ms. di Prima!
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Thank you for reminding me of Diane DiPrima on this day. I will always be grateful that I worked with her in 1982 at the Kerouac Conference. I will raise my wine glass in her honor this evening.
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