Ferlinghetti: The Artist in His Time
Barry Silesky. Warner Books, $13.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-446-39289-1
Outsider status and social and political responsibilities shaped the career of Beat-era poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, still active in San Francisco civic affairs. ``Although an exhaustive account by a biographer who clearly admires Ferlinghetti's work and who had access to his journals, the book does not look deeply or consistently beyond the facts,'' said PW. Photos. (Aug.)
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Reviewed on: 07/29/1991
Genre: Nonfiction