I was the all-American boy, the Eagle Scout. I remember I was at my girlfriend's apartment, and there were these strange publications like The Nation and The New Republic. I started looking at them and thought, "Gee, this is weird; people saying things against America?" It was an awakening. On the East Coast, I'd never even heard of conscientious objectors.
American artist, writer and activist (1919–2021)
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (né Ferling; March 24, 1919 - February 22, 2021) was an American poet and painter, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. Author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, he is best known for A Coney Island of the Mind (New York: New Directions, 1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages, with sales of over 1,000,000 copies.
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Birth Name:
Lawrence Monsanto Ferling
Alternative Names:
Feilingedi
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Lawrence Ferling
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L. Ferlinghetti
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Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti
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Lawence Monsanto Ferling
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