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San Francisco's First Poet Laureate: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

An offering of the best books by the co-founder of City Lights Bookstore and San Francisco's first Poet Laureate.

San Francisco Public Library

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  • Ferlinghetti's best known work and one of the best-selling poetry books of all time.
    BookNew York : New Directions, 2008. — 811.54 F384c 2008
  • The poet's third collection of poetry that presents a quieter, more profound aspect of his writing.
    BookNew York : Published for J. Laughlin by New Directions Pub. Corp., [1967] — CA AUTHORS
  • These Are My Rivers

    New & Selected Poems, 1955-1993

    Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
    Four decades of work gathered as an album of poetry that are photographs of his observations and experiences.
    BookNew York : New Directions, 1994, c1993. — 811.54 F384t 1994
  • A sequel to A Coney Island of the Mind written forty years after the original.
    BookNew York : New Directions, c1997. — 811.54 F384f
  • A collection of early work that includes many of his most iconic poems.
    BookSan Francisco : City Lights Books, 1995. — 811.54 F384p 1995
  • Short and inspiring, this collection of remarks calls for peaceful, nonviolent change through poetry.
    BookNew York : New Directions, 2007. — 811.54 F384pi
  • A short novel set in the midst of the student revolution of 1968 in Paris.
    BookNew York : Dutton, c1988. — F FERLINGH
  • Captures his best poems published shortly before his 99th birthday.
    BookNew York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2017. — 811.54 F384fe
  • Ferlinghetti's poems set in San Francisco that bring alive scenes of city life including a Giants game and bohemian life in North Beach.
    BookSan Francisco : City Lights Foundation, ©2001. — 811.54 F384s 2001
  • Ferlinghetti celebrated his 100th birthday with the publication of this autobiographical novel.
    BookNew York : Doubleday, [2019] — F FERLINGH