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A treat from the Beats

Rhys Tranter

Friday, 13th May 2011

A treat from the Beats

A collection of Beat luminaries: Bob Donlin, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Robert La Vigne, Lawrence Ferlinghetti standing in front of City Lights Bookshop, San Francisco 1956.

Courtesy of the Third Coast Festival, here Ferlinghetti takes listeners on an eerie poetic tour of San Francisco.

Blog Tags: America , Cities , Non-fiction , Poetry

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