Diane Di Primaletters and poetry collection 1957–1971

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Diane Di Primaletters and poetry collection 1957–1971

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The Diane Di Primaletters and poetry collection consists of thirty letters and a collection of poems, all written by American poet, Diane Di Prima. Diane Di Prima's letters, spanning the dates 1962–1971, are written to her parents, Frank and Emma Di Prima. The collection of poetry, titled the , consists of poems dated between 1957–1966. Freddie Poems

31 items; (166 p.)

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University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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Di Prima, Diane, 1934-2020

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Diane Di Prima was born on 6 August 1934 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She attended Swarthmore College, but dropped out in 1953 to move to Manhattan and become a writer. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, she joined the emerging Beat movement. She was the editor of the newsletter The Floating Bear with LeRoi Jones, 1961-1969. In 1966, she moved to Millbrook, N.Y., to live in Timothy Leary's community. She moved to San Francisco, Calif., in 1968. In California, she taught at such institutions as the New Coll...