Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Poet
American · 20th century
American Beat poet, painter, and co-founder of City Lights Bookstore and publishing house in San Francisco.
Connection to Taylor Swift
Named by Uncle Jerry as a Beat poet whose flowing, continuous style parallels the tumbling, unpunctuated chorus language in Maroon.
Notable Works
- A Coney Island of the Mind, Pictures of the Gone World
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Context within the Archive
A Coney Island of the Mind
Uncle Jerry names Lawrence Ferlinghetti alongside Corso and Kerouac as Beat poets whose continuous-flow, unpunctuated style parallels the tumbling chorus language of Maroon. A Coney Island of the Mind is Ferlinghetti's signature poetry collection and the most direct reference point for the continuous-flow Beat style invoked here.
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