Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Born in Bronxville, New York, in 1919, Lawrence Ferlinghetti is an American poet, painter, liberal activist, and the cofounder of San Francisco’s hallowed City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. He lives in San Francisco.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Born in Bronxville, New York, in 1919, Lawrence Ferlinghetti is an American poet, painter, liberal activist, and the cofounder of San Francisco’s hallowed City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. He lives in San Francisco.

Books by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  • Blasts Cries Laughter

    Lawrence Ferlinghetti

    Paperback, 2014

    A new, shorter collection by America's preeminent living poet and social activist, who is just as fiery and provocative as ever at 94 years old.
  • Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journals 1950-2013

    Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Giada Diano, Matthew Gleeson

    Paperback, 2019

    Motorcycle Diaries for a new generation, this long-awaited volume provides a panoramic portrait of art and life across the twentieth century.
  • Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journals 1950-2013

    Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Giada Diano, Matthew Gleeson

    E Book, 2015

    Motorcycle Diaries for a new generation, this long-awaited volume provides a panoramic portrait of art and life across the twentieth century.
  • Shards: Fragments of Verses

    Lorenzo Chiera, Massimiliano Chiamenti, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

    Hardback, 2015

    Ferlinghetti’s fiery translation of the little-known 14th-century Roman poet