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A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems (New Directions Paperback No. 74) (Paperback)

~ Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Author)
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in Yonkers, New York, in 1919. After receiving an A.B. degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a stint in the Navy during World War II, and after working in the mail room at Time Magazine and living in Paris where he received a Doctorat de l'Universite from the Sorbonne, Ferlinghetti eventually settled in San Francisco, where he and Peter D. Martin founded the first all-paperback bookstore in the country, City Lights Books. Besides being named San Francisco's first poet laureate, he has received The Before Columbus Foundation "Lifetime Achievement Award." Most recently he has also been writing a weekly column, “Poetry as News,” for the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review.

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  • Paperback: 93 pages
  • Publisher: New Directions (January 17, 1968)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0811200418
  • ISBN-13: 978-0811200417
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Coney Island, February 2, 2000
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This was the first Ferlinghetti I ever got my hands on, and it swept me away into a world from which I have yet to return. The preciseness of his words and the incredible attention to detail make this book well worth the read. It made me fall in love with poetry...and the passion of the heart.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Beat Manifesto, December 10, 2000
Let me start off by saying that, in the run of things, this type poetry is not my favorite. I'm more of a formalist myself, but I couldn't help but be impressed by much of this collection, which, along with Ginsberg's HOWL, kicked off the Beat Movement in American poetry in the 1950's.

This is largely a verbal collage, a compendium of memories, impressions, chants, lists, and lyric fragments. The influence of Whitman is apparent in the freeform meditations on the human body and the populist tone of much of the book. This is a cry for people to throw off the constraints of materialism and return to a simpler way of living. It exalts the earth over industry, art over commerce, individualism over uniformity. In other places the shadows of Eliot and Yeats can be seen; indeed in a couple of poems Ferlinghetti freely borrows from those masters - see "The Junkman'Obbligato", for instance, which echoes Eliot's "The Waste Land" with the repeated refrain "Hurry please it's time."

The book is divided into three sections. There is the title section then a series of seven pieces (including "Junkman") originally written for musical accompaniment and finally some selections from Ferlinghetti's first book PICTURES OF THE GONE WORLD.

Not for all tastes but seminal nevertheless and eye-opening as well.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A real treat for the lover of words., October 14, 2000
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AAAHHHHH! No one has ever topped Ferlinghetti for his exciting rhythm and electric presentation. Read this collection and discover how much FUN poetry can be. I first discovered these poems in the late '60s, an amazing time to be alive, and I felt that these poems captured some of that spirit uniquely and forever. What I didn't realize was that they also fit in perfectly with the '50s, and later in the '70s, the '80s, and the '90s, as well. And here we are in yet another century and the work holds up better than ever! Whatever you do, READ THEM ALOUD!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Not a fan of poetry
I personally am not a fan of poetry, but since I had recently become interested in Beat literature, I felt I must read this collection of poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Read more
Published 1 month ago by simmons3d

5.0 out of 5 stars "I have risked enchantment..."
... I first read those words oh so many years ago, in the poem "Autobiography," and through the proverbial twists of fate, I've come to live in the Land thereof. Read more
Published 8 months ago by John P. Jones III

5.0 out of 5 stars The Work That Keeps On Giving
Ferlinghetti's work is still being read by aspiring poets and artists at poetry readings all across America. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Larryib

5.0 out of 5 stars An indispensible collection!
Like so many others, I discovered this slim volume of poetry as a teenager -- which may be the very best time to do so, as it invariably opens a lot of new doors at a crucial... Read more
Published 8 months ago by William Timothy Lukeman

4.0 out of 5 stars good stuff
articulate modern poetry, a bit disjointed for me, but the person i got it for will love it.
Published 11 months ago by Catherine Martell

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book -- BUT
I wish those who praise Ferlinghetti and his work (or even those who disparage them) would LEARN from HIM that he, by his own repeated statement, is NOT a "Beat"... Read more
Published 16 months ago by JNagarya

5.0 out of 5 stars "I am perpetually awaiting a rebirth of wonder."
I love Lawrence Ferlinghetti and I always have ever since a friend first read number 5 to me in college. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Bernard Chapin

4.0 out of 5 stars great
Great poems by one of the best of the Beats. I love the way he pulls stuff straight from other poems and maybe even songs. Read more
Published 22 months ago by dudesimon

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank You, Mr. Ferlinghetti
I first read Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem, "Constantly Risking Absurdity" when I was 26 years young. Read more
Published on March 30, 2006 by John P. Morgan

5.0 out of 5 stars A distant man with a personal message
Ferlinghetti is strange in that he considers himself a man of the people, yet works in a field in which the common man wouldn't normally participate. Read more
Published on March 20, 2006 by Michael Gustie

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