LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI event 10-9

LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI
booksigning for "Poetry as Insurgent Art"
Tuesday, October 9 at 7 pm
at The Booksmith (1644 Haight Street in San Francisco)

>From the groundbreaking A Coney Island of the Mind to the "personal
epic" of Americus, Book I, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has, in more than 30
books over 50 years, been the poetic conscience of America. Now in the
just released Poetry As Insurgent Art, he offers in prose his primer
of what poetry is, could be, and should be. The result is by turns
tender and furious, personal and political. If you are a reader of
poetry, find out what is missing from the usual fare; if you are a
poet, read at your own risk.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti is not only a major American poet - he is an
international icon. In 1998 he was named Poet Laureate of San
Francisco. In 2005, he received the National Book Award's first
Literarian Award (recognizing an individual whose life's work has
enhanced the literary world as a whole). In 2006, he was named a
Commander in the French Order of Arts and Letters. Ferlinghetti has
read his poetry and shown his art around the world.

This Booksmith sponsored event will take place at The Booksmith (1644
Haight Street in San Francisco). For further information, call
415-863-8688 or visit www.booksmith.com If you can't attend this
event and would like to order a signed copy of the author's new book,
please email or phone our store.

On Oct 2, 6:55 pm, Booksmith wrote:
>
> LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI
> booksigning for "Poetry as Insurgent Art"
> Tuesday, October 9 at 7 pm
> at The Booksmith (1644 Haight Street in San Francisco)
>
> >From the groundbreaking A Coney Island of the Mind to the "personal
>
> epic" of Americus, Book I, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has, in more than 30
> books over 50 years, been the poetic conscience of America. Now in the
> just released Poetry As Insurgent Art, he offers in prose his primer
> of what poetry is, could be, and should be. The result is by turns
> tender and furious, personal and political. If you are a reader of
> poetry, find out what is missing from the usual fare; if you are a
> poet, read at your own risk.
>
> Lawrence Ferlinghetti is not only a major American poet - he is an
> international icon. In 1998 he was named Poet Laureate of San
> Francisco. In 2005, he received the National Book Award's first
> Literarian Award (recognizing an individual whose life's work has
> enhanced the literary world as a whole). In 2006, he was named a
> Commander in the French Order of Arts and Letters. Ferlinghetti has
> read his poetry and shown his art around the world.
>
> This Booksmith sponsored event will take place at The Booksmith (1644
> Haight Street in San Francisco). For further information, call
> 415-863-8688 or visitwww.booksmith.com If you can't attend this
> event and would like to order a signed copy of the author's new book,
> please email or phone our store.

Thanks for the info, Booksmith.

I'm passing this along to my fellow poets, some of whom are close
enough to you area to consider attending.

--
"You can't find "sense" in the poem, fine...
that doesn't mean there's none there, just
that you can't, or won't, see it."
- Will Dockery, 15 May 2007

"Wobble" by Dockery & Conley (recorded August 14 2007):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVIF2-qWIUc

"Toxin on Glass" by Shadowville Installation - song by Gene Woolfolk
Jr, Timothy Maxwell, Gary Frankfurth, & Will Dockery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XWUdCRbVnc