Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919- )

A selective list of online literary criticism for Lawrence Ferlinghetti, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Web Pages


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General Articles

"A Far Rockaway of the Heart." Lawrence Ferlinghetti's speech as poet laureate of San Francisco. Whole Earth, Summer, 1999

City Lights Bookstore. Contains a Ferlinghetti page, which includes a biography and his "Poetry as News" column from The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

On the 50th Anniversary of Ferlinghetti's City Lights bookstore. San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2003

A very brief introduction to Lawrence Ferlinghetti from the Academy of American Poets

"San Francisco has changed a lot in the last 50 years, but Lawrence Ferlinghetti's corner bookstore is still the coolest room in town." Mother Jones, July-August, 2003 by Dennis McNally (removed)

"The Disappearing Underground." Dissent, Winter 2004 by Bromwich, David (removed)

Discussion questions for readers of Ferlinghetti's's poetry, from Heath guides (removed)


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