Lawrence Ferlinghetti Dead at 101

The Beat poet and founder of City Lights bookstore and imprint inspired artists from Bob Dylan to Cyndi Lauper

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R.I.P. Diane DiPrima

R.I.P. Diane DiPrima

Beat Generation poet

1934 - 2020

 

Arthur Rimbaud, Poet Wild Child Badass, Was an Adventurer to the Very End

In 1886, a Frenchman named Arthur Rimbaud led a caravan across what is now Ethiopia. Although he was only 32, grey peppered his blonde hair. Hollow cheekbones, tanned beyond recognition, betrayed years of malnutrition and poverty. Only his eyes remained of the looks his childhood friends remembered: They were still a fierce, piercing blue. Despite his exhaustion, he often chose to walk alongside the caravan as it made its way through a wild, volcanic moonscape.

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R.I.P. Michael McClure

R.I.P. Michael McClure

Beat Generation poet

1932 - 2020