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!
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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