by Mauro Battocchi

Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a living legend. Meeting with him at Caffè Puccini in North Beach was a special moment. I grew up reading a lot of the Beat Generation. Ferlinghetti was at the epicenter of this literary and existential movement: as proprietor of City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, he sold and published many of the most beloved – and controversial – literature of the 1950's, including Allen Ginsberg's Howl.

At 96 his mind is still vibrant, his sense of humor sharp and - very interestingly for our Italian readers - his passion for the Italian language unchanged. We talked about this and his new book, which is to be published in September this year (in the picture you see an advanced copy).

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Fonte: San Francisco, Italy