Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.

The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in.

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.

The first time I heard Ron Whitehead read I felt what I imagine those who heard Abraham Lincoln deliver The Gettysburg Address felt.

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.