SFGate

Lawrence Ferlinghetti's indelible image

Lawrence Ferlinghetti was in his early 30s when he wrote a poem of hope and innocence about a penny candy store in New York and the magic to be found in jellybeans and licorice sticks, about the ...
AOL

Ferlinghetti Day: Readers honor famous SF poet and founder of City Lights Books with annual walk

More than five years after his death, one of the Bay Area's most famous poets was honored Tuesday as readers and admirers gathered across San Francisco to celebrate the birthday of Lawrence ...
SFGate

Poet Ferlinghetti chased subs in WWII

A famed and well-loved literary figure strolls streets and alleys of North Beach in San Francisco. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 87, has pale blue eyes accented by a fringe of white hair. His tall, slender ...
Yahoo

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Celebrated Poet, Dies at 101: 'Our Poet and Hero'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Janet Fries/Getty Images Janet Fries/Getty Images Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the famed poet who was placed on trial in the 1950s for ...
AOL

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat poet charged with obscenity for printing Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl,’ dies at 101

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the acclaimed Beat movement champion, poet and publisher who co-founded the iconic City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, has died at age 101. The beloved bookseller who ...
Yahoo

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat Poet and Publisher, Dies at 101

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet and bookseller whose San Francisco store City Light Books was the nexus of the Beat movement in ...
Orange County Register

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and Beat icon, dead at 101

SAN FRANCISCO — Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, bookseller and activist who helped launch the Beat movement in the 1950s and embody its curious and rebellious spirit well into the 21st ...
Hyperallergic

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Painter and Poet

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, “Icarus Blind” (1989), acrylic, wash on paper, 22 1⁄2 x 19 inches; 29 x 24 1⁄2 inches matted (all images courtesy New Release, New York) Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been with us ...
Politico

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and activist, dies at 101

SAN FRANCISCO — Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, bookseller and activist who helped launch the Beat movement in the 1950s and embody its curious and rebellious spirit well into the 21st ...
People

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Celebrated Poet, Dies at 101: 'Our Poet and Hero'

Lawrence Ferlinghetti died of interstitial lung disease at his home in San Francisco, according to his children Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at ...
NPR

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat Poet And Small-Press Publisher, Dies At 101

Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died in San Francisco. He was 101. Ferlinghetti is probably best known for three things: his Beat poetry, his San Francisco bookstore and small press, and his defense of the ...