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

by L Ferlinghetti (Author)

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Paperback: 93 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. (1 Feb 1968)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0811200418
ISBN-13: 978-0811200417
Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 0.5 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Includes 29 poems revolving around the title, selections written for oral readings with jazz accompaniment, and 13 previously published poems.

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5.0 out of 5 stars precision poetry attack, 14 Nov 2002

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Ferlinghetti's poems in this book are like snapshots of his time: the people, the music, the hopes and the hates, but yet it isn't a dated period-piece. It's still relevant and funny and sad and true.

His language is enjoyable and musicable and hip, but never pretentious. These aren't mummified rhymes you have to decode to enjoy - they're ALIVE! like the best music is and it's like his poems leap in your brain and scurry around - you know you've read something great, cos it's still in your head months later.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a coney island of the imagination, 12 Aug 1996

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One of my all time favorite rainy-day-in-a-hammock classics, is Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "A Coney Island of the Mind." Ferlinghetti's mystical street wisdom makes him my favorite of the beat poets. Beat poetry is a celebration of the rhythm and textures of language. It is universal and it is political in that it is extremely personal, honest and grounded. It is a celebration of life and freedom. And it is so cool.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ferlinghetti's the man..., 31 Dec 1998

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I first encountered this book in the late 60's when I was in high school. Now 46, I still read it and still find new touches I never noticed before. Unlike some cultural remnants of the sixties (Moby Grape and Blue Cheer come to mind), Ferlinghetti wears very well with the passing of decades. Read this book.

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