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Life Studies, Life Stories - by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Paperback)

Life Studies, Life Stories - by  Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A revelatory retrospective of the insurgent graphic art of this most original poet and painter, never before exhibited.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Close to 100 figurative drawings in black and white, and in color, mostly nudes in love or strife, some disastered by life, some with incisive or caustic words integrated in the images. This is a retrospective of Ferlinghetti's graphic work and play, ranging from his early drawings made in Paris ateliers, to yesterday's sessions sketching models in his San Francisco studio.</p><p><b>Lawrence Ferlinghetti</b>, poet and founder of City Lights Books, author of <i>A Coney Island of the Mind </i>and <i>Pictures of the Gone World</i>, among numerous other books, has been drawing from life since his student days in Paris where he frequented the Academie Julien and where he did his first oil painting.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Lawerence Ferlinghetti is the famous Beat poet and painter who founded City Lights Books in San Francisco. His most recent books are <em>How To Paint Sunlight</em> (poetry) and <em>Love in the Days of Rage</em> (fiction).</p>

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