Philip Whalen letters to Diane di Prima, 1961-1967.

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Philip Whalen letters to Diane di Prima, 1961-1967.

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Consists of letters and postcards sent to Diane di Prima and her husband Alan Marlowe between the years 1961 and 1967. The letters are filled with details about Whalen's pending travel to Japan and his experience upon arriving there, writing, editing poems and stories, and the publication of works mentioning Gary Snyder, Lew Welch, Allen Ginsberg, and others.

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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...

Marlowe, Alan James

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Whalen, Philip,

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