Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died

Re:Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died by Mediterraneo10 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @02:08PM (#26241455)

I admit to occasionally looking at Ferlinghetti's Wikipedia article to see if he was still hanging on, because I knew that with his passing we would be losing one of the last men connected to the whole fascinating world of the Beats. Now there is only Gary Snyder left, long may he live.

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Re:Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died by 52-6F-62 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @04:59PM (#26243454)

Bob Dylan's still around. Also Stan Bevington [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Bevington]

They may be a generation removed, but undeniably culturally intwined. I used to have a few beers with Stan on occasion when I was a flailing college student—you could usually find him for a pint at a couple of spots around the Annex in Toronto. He had stories.

edit: I had included "So is David McFadden [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McFadden_(poet)]" but as soon as I actually looked at the page I'd discovered he's passed as well. I feel fortunate for having the chance to see him read at a small pub across from the AGO a decade ago or so.

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Re:Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died by zabzonk on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @05:25PM (#26243776)

Ferlinghetti and company pre-dated Dylan by at least 10 years. I would never consider Dylan a Beat.

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Re:Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died by coldtea on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @05:41AM (#26248598)

Pedantically speaking he isn't, but most would. He was definitely inspired by the beats thematically and stylistically, and has said so in numerous interviews, also touching upon many of the same things as Kerouac, Ginsberg, etc.

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