. I remember when I sat Tangario (Video: Erin Patrick O'Connor, Dani Player/The Washington Post, Photo: Nat Farbman/The Washington Post). The family moved from the Haight to Mashall, in West Marin, leaving the chaos of the city for a house on stilts in Tomales Bay, where they lived for the next five years. I am looking directly into She is also an artist, prose writer, memoirist, playwright, social justice activist, fat acceptance activist and teacher. She was important as the feminist voice of the Beat generation, said Ferlinghetti, co-founder of City Lights. Di Prima then went on to Swarthmore College before dropping out to be a poet in Manhattan. "He was probably hoping to get laid later.". The things I now leave behind . Jeanne Morvan (born Prima) was born in 1615, to Vincent Prima and Marie Genevive Prima (born Quelen). It might have pleased Diane di Prima that we can't get our hands on her "Revolutionary Letters" by capitulating to the rapacity of Amazon Prime. Carpets. Diane di Prima (August 6, 1934 October 25, 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. Jeanne di Prima, 1991-1992 Item Box: 1 How to Cite; University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections Diane di Prima papers (2019_003) Correspondence Incoming 23. pimps for this decadence, can make Diane di Prima, a prolific poet who pursued the life of a Beat and rose to the position of San Francisco poet laureate, died Sunday, Oct. 25. She had been living at an elder care home since 2017 because of various health problems, having moved there from the couples home in the citys Excelsior district. In 1961 she was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for publishing two poems in The Floating Bear. I was writing Revolutionary Letters at a fast clip and mailing them to Liberation News Service on a regular basis; from there they went to over 200 free newspapers all over the U.S. and Canada, she said in a written version of her poet laureate talk. Early on he learned to swing a hammer and []. There are a lot of people writing tributes to my mother right youll never go hungry Mother and daughter were featured in a San Francisco Chronicle article about the event.A few years ago, I conducted a full-length interview with Diane before audience at San Franciscos famed Mechanics Institute Library. For on that skin, the tender skin of a 7-year-old, when he In 2009, Di Prima was appointed Poet Laureate of San Francisco. your dreams, degrees from universities which are nothing It was at my grandmothers side, she wrote, in that scrubbed and waxed apartment, that I received my first communications about the specialness and the relative uselessness of men., Her mother imparted an early appreciation of poetry. Can't find a book here? She had earlier written the startlingly erotic Memoirs of a Beatnik (1969), which had autobiographical elements but was more novel than memoir. Una tragedia si abbattuta sulla Grecia nella tarda serata di ieri, poco prima di mezzanotte. In 2017, the Washington Post asked her if Kerouac's comments were indicative of the sexism in the Beat scene. In New York, she absorbed influences from jazz music to avant-garde stage works and helped found the New York Poets Theatre. While suffering from arthritis, di Prima continued to write. She was truly a pioneer.. The bristles were her way of protecting her tiny, loving hands that were constantly patting me, smoothing down my Loba, an epic poem published in installments beginning in 1973, centers on a wolf goddess and is often described as the female answer to Ginsbergs Howl (1955). Introduction and notes adapted from interviews with Diane di Prima. allowed to work on it. The eye turns. California when I was eleven so she could study with Roshi. never was, uncounted caves Her marriage with Marlowe didnt last, and in 1973 they were divorced. a way of living, gone on for centuries, a way of writing, too.. , Your email address will not be published. In 1964, they founded Poets Press, publishing books by Herbert Huncke, Frank OHara, and Audre Lorde, along with her own work and Marlowes. Dull respect of dull neighbors. Di Prima's Memoirs of a Beatnik was a highly sexualized fictional account of the poet's time with the Beats. [7], She published her major work, the long poem Loba, in 1978, with an enlarged edition in 1998. I sewed my rakusu when I was 12 (1969), and I got so spend those amazing Buy it on Bookshop! hide caption. . People constellated around her, he said. Di Prima was the mother of five children: Jeanne di Prima, Dominique di Prima, Alex Marlowe, Tara Marlowe, and Rudi di Prima. table one way or the other, enough to feed everybody. art, some her way of living, and some her manner. good to be back in touch with you. a poet here . . A calling. Aggiungi al carrello. Jeanne Di Prima - Biographical Summaries of Notable People - MyHeritage Jeanne Di Prima In Biographical Summaries of Notable People Save this record and choose the information you want to add to your family tree Save record Spotted an error? The latest Tweets from Jeanne DiPrima (@BamdiBam): "Taking a break from watering the garden." The voice is gritty. DEBUT. Examines the neglected role of Progressive Quakers in 19th and 20th century activism -- abolition, women's rights & more. - DC, Broad Mind - a Brief Memory Sent March 13, 2021, from an email Jeanne sent DC July 14, 2017 you have not thought thru, clearly The family statement announcing her death described her as a devout Buddhist. (Janet Fries / Getty Images) garbanzo bean soup. Erano tutto ci che odiavo di te. I dont think about it as a legacy, she said. This story was originally published at washingtonpost.com. As I drooled over Hunckes Journal she stressed the importance of DIYto not allow the perception of amateurish appearance to preclude one from releasing their work into the world.. . She was beautiful, and literary brilliance apart, I was always a little in love with her. . She was 86 years old. touched me for the first time, to the still tender skin of the Not only was Diane a pioneering woman of the Beat Generation, but she bridged and transcended subsequent generations in her inexorable journey to live an authentic life. In 1978, she published her epic Loba, which was labeled a feminist answer to Ginsbergs Howl, which launched the San Francisco Beats when published in 1955. For Ms. di Prima, the author of more than 40 works of poetry, prose and theater, writing was like being a hermit or a samurai. During the Bands Last Waltz at Winterland, on Thanksgiving Day 1976, di Prima and McClure were selected to read onstage during the concert. laid down by the square foot In her memoir, she recalled a Beat party in New York, with alcohol and marijuana readily available, which Ms. di Prima left at 11:30p.m. to tend to her daughter. Plaudits, bouquets, puff pieces for their pet programs? She edited the newspaper The Floating Bear with Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones)[5] and was co-founder of the New York Poets Theatre and founder of the Poets Press. and we are there now, and he has nothing but love for us. Buddha.) Alan Marlowe (1962-1969) SPOUSE. leaving the quiet unquestioned living and dying, the simple one-love-and-marriage, children, material pleasures, easy securities. Relationships Brendan Fraser looks sleek in black as he walks red carpet with partner Jeanne Moore at SAG . In her later years, Diane battled numerous struggles with her health, all the while continuing to write. Revolutionary Letters Pocket Poets Series No. know that the time I spent at Tassajara was incredibly important to me. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. grows richer, if you want For many years, she taught in the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute in Boulder. Marie was born in 1590, in Louargat, 22135, Ctes d'Armor, Bretagne, France. The poetry collection Revolutionary Letters grew out of her time with the Diggers; in 1976 she got on stage at the famed "Last Waltz" concert by The Band, and read a one line poem, "Get Yer Cut Throat Off My Knife," before going into "Revolutionary Letter #4": At the press conference when she was named Poet Laureate of San Francisco, she told the crowd about a dream she'd had recently that showed her how all the work was ever written was part of the same big piece that "cuts through time and cuts through space, and we have no idea what it is it's so wonderful and large." . Di Prima is the eldest child and only daughter of Francis and Emma di Prima, who were college-educated, middle-class Italian-Americans. She is also survived by five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; and her brothers, Richard DiPrima of Madison, Wis., and Frank DiPrima of Morristown, N.J. My mom was fearless, Dominique DiPrima, a talk radio host and activist, told The Chronicle. They especially like mentions Diane Di Prima was an anarchist feminist Beatnik poet, who died this past weekend at 86, in San Francisco. vivid, revealing first-person counterpart to the author's highly-praised historical account, Selma 1965 . The book is out of print. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. There are a lot of people writing tributes to my mother right Here it is, along with an excerpt from her obituary in the Washington Post: if what you want is jobs In her poem Song for Baby-O, Unborn she wrote: Ms. di Primas subsequent marriages to Alan Marlowe and Grant Fisher ended in divorce. Therefore, she wrote in "Recollections," "the child I bore" Jeanne di Prima would be mine and mine alone." . Alan Marlowe. Join us in celebration of Jack Kerouac's 101st birthday, and 20 years of the Beat Museum! One of Ms. di Primas best-loved poems, written in 1957 for her first child, Jeanne, is called Song for Baby-o, Unborn: Sweetheart,when you break thruyoull finda poet herenot quite what one would choose.I wont promiseyoull never go hungryor that you wont be sadon this guttedbreakingglobebut I can show youbabyenough to loveto break your heartforever. I remember sewing your priests robe under the auspices of Ms. di Prima moved in 1968 to San Francisco, where she joined the Diggers, an anarchist group in the Haight-Ashbury district that provided free food, clothes and theater to the poor, and continued her writing. TV, more plumbing, scientific so that the shrinks, youll never go hungry She went on to win a citywide competition for excellence in Latin and earned a scholarship to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania to major in physics, according to her younger brother, Frank DiPrima, a lawyer in Morristown, N.J. She was absolutely brilliant in every field she studied, said DiPrima, who noted his sister chose to spell her last name differently to correct a misspelling from when their grandparents arrived at Ellis Island from Italy. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. In November 2017, a user of Wikipedia added the Activism section to the page, consisting of fictional stories such as di Prima having "watched an obese homeless man get beaten by a group of children" and falsely insisting that di Prima was an outspoken fat acceptance movement advocate and Worms Armageddon fan. She wrote more than 40 books of poetry and memoir that dealt with politics, community, love, and sex, and in 2009 she was named Poet Laureate of San Francisco. "[14] Moments such as these sparked a dedication to social activism, especially as it concerned women's rights, that persisted throughout di Prima's life. Be great, whatever that means . La skincare viso di Jeanne Damas l'inspo francese che aspettavamo. [4] She spent some time in California at Stinson Beach and Topanga Canyon, returned to New York City, and eventually moved to San Francisco permanently. In 1973, she divorced Marlowe and married Fisher, with whom she had a son, Rudi DiPrima. In 2009, Di Prima was named the Poet Laureate of San Francisco. ISBN: 978-88-6261-856-4 Collana: Classici. She published an early prose work titled Memoirs of a Beatnik (1969). Heres a sound not heard before, he wrote. dry heat of the Tassajara canyon The Beat movement, epitomized by the works of such writers as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, was largely a male preserve, although it did make room for female poets including Joanne Kyger and Anne Waldman. An early influence on her political sensibilities was her immigrant grandfather, who, di Prima once told the Chicago Tribune, brought over anarchism and a sense of poetry as belonging to everyone., He would say that everyone had read Dante, she recalled, and I pictured all the housewives reading Dante.. I am leaving the houses I will never own. People get caught in the conventions of society and they forget what they are really after.. Whos Next? The girl meant business. . I didnt vote for Jimmy Carter in 1976. felt his closeness, as all my life Roshi was never farther from me than The book was packed with sex scenes of all kinds; her publisher pushed her to include them, writing "more sex" on the manuscripts as he sent them back. Di Prima taught at several universities in California and co-founded the San Francisco Institute of Magical and Healing Arts. Diane di Prima is the most important living poet because of the depth, the range of her imagination and for the number of decades it has thrilled us, from being a child in Brooklyn to being an important member of the new consciousness on the West Coast, McClure, who formed the San Francisco Renaissance and died earlier this year, had told The Chronicle in 2018. Di Prima moved to San Francisco in 1968. A public tribute is being planned. I can taste the struggles. She was always determined to come home and though she never made it, her voice remained on her answering machine, wavering but clear in a haiku she had written. ''Nobody would purposely do this to us,'' said Jeanne Di Prima, the program coordinator for the clinic's Training and Education Project. Certain times, certain epochs, live on in the imagination as more than what they actually were. Ms. di Prima lived a life that was light years away from the suburban-housewife world that has become the prevailing image of the 1950s taking an assortment of lovers, doing some nude modeling to make money, courting arrest with the publications she and her circle printed. breaking Quello di cui avevo bisogno. Carpets. [1] Di Prima began writing as a child and by the age of 19 was corresponding with Ezra Pound and Kenneth Patchen. She also had arthritis, which made it difficult to walk, and had been living in a skilled nursing facility not far from her longtime home in the Excelsior district of San Francisco. Here When we met in 1990, reading together onstage in San Franciscos Mission District, we liked each other immediately. In her memoir, she recalled a Beat party in New York, with alcohol and marijuana readily available, which di Prima left at 11:30 p.m. to tend to her daughter. She has also taught at the San Francisco Art Institute. amount of time at Tassajara with her children. . I only had to sit for three days not five. She taught something called Hidden Religion, which was about spiritual and political heresies, he said by email. I feel old, self-contained, passionate with the pure passion of a child. She was 86. You never stop, she said. stato il primo progetto su larga scala di . Di Prima's works are held at the University of Louisville, Indiana University, Southern Illinois University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[17]. . [NOTE: On Garrison Keillors Substack, theres a feature called the Back Room, on which he posts odds and ends from his decades of work. and Jane become and are the dream, do you [8] In 1966, she spent some time at Millbrook with Timothy Leary's psychedelic community.[9]. In October 2017, di Prima was first hospitalized and moved to a care center. I In the late 1950's and early 1960's Diane di Prima became a member of a group of New York poets and writers, frequently known as the "Beats," who were centered in Greenwich Village. and lie to others on some greeny campus, THEN YOU ARE STILL I have already seen it all for the prison it is.. Lenore was wonderful as the woman on the scene, the matriarch, and she made it so clear that I was welcome; otherwise, it could have been very different. They found a 14-room house on Oak Street for $300 a month, which they rented, and moved into it A whole slew of grown-ups, some of them crazy, some with children. The Diggers used Dianes VW van for food pickup and delivery to as many as 25 different communes. Jenna DiPrima (@jennadiprima) Instagram photos and videos jennadiprima 1,404 posts 1,160 followers 1,155 following Jenna DiPrima Wife to @alexdiprima1 & mom to Dom, Cami, & Judah. Her father was a lawyer, and her mother became a reading teacher. She attended Swarthmore College briefly in 1951-1952. like fire light up your beauty years Diane di Prima City Lights Books ISBN-13 9780872867611. . This Kind of Bird Flies Backward (Poem 1958) . Eight years ago, she and Powell were married at San Francisco City Hall. She rented a flat at Laguna and Page streets, this time for $330 a month. look like Dicks father, dont you think your kid She arrived in San Francisco in 1968, too late for the North Beach Beats, but she established herself as a singular force, a feminist in a poetry culture that was overwhelmingly male. Can you imagine Our household was extremely verbal, Frank DiPrima said in a phone interview. Members of the White Panthers and Black Panthers were coming and going all the time, and by the fall of 1969, she says, the FBI was knocking on the door every day. Unfettered by the conventions of academia or society, she speaks of life outside the mainstream of middle-class America, charting the shifting streams of Americas fringe culture.. Era la prima volta che tutti noi ragazzi vedevamo un esercito, e ai nostri occhi quello spettacolo apparve . In her poem Song for Baby-O, Unborn she wrote: Di Primas subsequent marriages to Alan Marlowe and Grant Fisher ended in divorce. But her Beat period was only the beginning; over her long career Ms. di Prima published some 50 poetry books and chapbooks. practice in this lifetime. She would have made some good trouble in our Quaker Meetings. He was probably hoping to get laid later.). There, she became involved with the Diggers and studied Buddhism, Sanskrit, Gnosticism, and alchemy. Learn how your comment data is processed. Di Prima would later tell the Chicago Tribune that it was mostly accurate, "except for the sex parts.". All the while, his eyes are boring into me, pouring into me the American poet Diane di Prima (1934-2020) gives a reading onstage in Berkeley, California, March 1976. all sizes & shapes, O may it be various John Calvi: Boon Companion for Spiritual Travel, Garrison Keillor, 1999: God & Bill Gates on the Far Side, Gwynne Dyer on Nigerias (possibly historic) Election. ''This would have to be the work of some extremist.''. In New York, she absorbed influences from jazz music to avant-garde stage works and helped found the New York Poets Theatre. It was, she explained to the audience, about the pact she had made with the poetry muse the you in the poem was poetry itself. Therefore, she wrote in "Recollections," "the child I bore" Jeanne di Prima would be mine and . Diane brought me to my teacher, Suzuki Roshi when I was six. I can taste the struggles. Photo: Chris Stewart / Chronicle file photo, Photo: Nancy Stone / Knight-Ridder Tribune, Feeling burned out? Shed say her first apartment was $33 a month and now she was paying $330.. Grant Fisher (1972-1975) Fame & Address. for you as for me it was, sparkle of grey stores, like the shooting stars The heart is in it.. Ms. di Primas subsequent marriages to Alan Marlowe and Grant Fisher ended in divorce. . . Former Managing Partner at Haight Ashbury Medical Legal Associates Studied Humanites at New College of California Went to Berkeley High Went to Drew School Jeanne's mother is Dianne DiPrima, a beat poet and early Suzuki student. of lies, so you too can go forth [1], She attended academically elite Hunter College High School where she became part of a small group of friends including classmate Audre Lorde who formed a sort of Dead Poets Society calling themselves the Branded. They cut class to roam the city, hanging out in bookstores, sharing their own poetry and holding sances for dead poets.[3]. or that you wont be sad Ms. di Prima attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in the early 1950s but, to her parents horror, dropped out and moved to Greenwich Village. Diane di Prima was born in Brooklyn in 1934. - thanks for sending them Jeanne, LETTER TO JEANNE (at Tassajara) A Great, Substantive Read: Henry Louis Gates Jr. on the Return of the Lost Cause Censorship, nd the Need for Real Debate on Black Issues in America, AFSC-DEI Tuesday Update: Someone Didnt Get The Memo. La Jolla, California: Laurence McGilvery, 1973. Ms. di Prima taught at several universities in California and co-founded the San Francisco Institute of Magical and Healing Arts. Tutto di te. freeways, you are still When she finally made it to San Francisco, she went to City Lights Booksellers in North Beach. Penguin Books Flip-Flop at AFSC: Saraswati In? Di Prima has two younger brothers, Frank (born November 6, 1937) and Richard (born September 19, 1941) who followed more traditional career paths, becoming an attorney and the owner of an educational . It has been a long, strange journey. Three years later, City Lights released The Poetry Deal, her first full-length book of poetry in decades. science fiction utopia, if what you want, still is, or can be, schools No matter what I will be [a] poet, she recalled thinking, describing in her memoir the sense of purpose of which she was possessed. globe reservation) Of course, I knew of Diane di Prima before I ever came to San Francisco. In 1967 she moved to California for good. was that hard. The Bronzer Saga Continues? Dianne spent a good amount of time at Tassajara with her children. Diane di Prima, feminist poet of the Beat Generation, dies at 86, For Ovechkin in winter, a deadline sell-off makes sense this spring, Commanders cut Carson Wentz and Bobby McCain, clearing cap space, The NFL deserves every bit of its raging Daniel Snyder headache. She had Parkinsons disease and Sjogrens syndrome, an autoimmune disorder, according to a statement from her family. [12], In 2009, di Prima became San Francisco's poet laureate.[1]. At her second apartment in Hells Kitchen, she met Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, who needed a place to stay on their way out of the country. but I can show you Street after her. Anyone can read what you share. di Prima, Diane, and Jones, LeRoi [Imanu Amiri Baraka], eds. He was probably hoping to get laid later.). Jeri Marlowe. Diane di Prima died on 25 October 2020 at the age of 86. It took her three trains to get there from Carroll Gardens by subway, she said, but she was always early for school. . From 1974 to 1997, di Prima taught poetry at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics,[4] of the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, sharing the program with fellow Beats Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman (co-founders of the program), William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and others. Survivors include her partner of 42 years, Sheppard Powell; her eldest daughter, Jeanne Di Prima, from a relationship with Stefan Baumrin; her daughter Dominique DiPrima, from her relationship with Baraka; two children from her marriage to Marlowe, Alexander Marlowe and Tara Marlowe; a son from her marriage to Fisher, Rudi Di Prima; two brothers; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. [citation needed], From 1980 to 1987, di Prima taught Hermetic and esoteric traditions in poetry, in a short-lived but significant Masters-in-Poetics program at New College of California,[11] which she established together with poets Robert Duncan and David Meltzer. drag artist Doris Fish and the night he did my makeup, Review: In eloquent memoir, a grieving guard finds solace amid a leading museum's artwork, Review: Argentina rules the world, and S.F., in a sci-fi thriller with pigment-specific weapons, Review: Caustic, engaging look at the history of Palo Alto lifts the veil on this haunted town, 'Tiger Mom' Amy Chua writes first novel, 'The Golden Gate', Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). According to an archive of di Prima's papers at the University of Connecticut, this work got her arrested by the FBI for alleged obscenity (the case was eventually thrown out). . . Omerta: Celebrating the Life and Literary Legacy of Les Gottesman. When di Prima was asked if she considered herself a Beat, in a 2014 interview with The Chronicle, she answered, Yes, if you define Beat as a state of mind not bound by any particular time or by a single generation. By the early 1980s, di Prima had divorced Fisher and met Sheppard Powell, an energy healer and meditation teacher. Unfettered by the conventions of academia or society, she speaks of life outside the mainstream of middle-class America, charting the shifting streams of Americas fringe culture.. Roshis eyes alight with the mischievous twinkle that was uniquely his. I wont promise Her experiences with the Beats inspired the book Memoirs of a Beatnik, a fictionalized account of that era. Ms. di Prima was named poet laureate of San Francisco in 2009. Survivors include her partner of 42 years, Sheppard Powell; her eldest daughter, Jeanne Di Prima, from a relationship with Stefan Baumrin; her daughter Dominique DiPrima, from her relationship with Baraka; two children from her marriage to Marlowe, Alexander Marlowe and Tara Marlowe; a son from her marriage to Fisher, Rudi Di Prima; two brothers; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Revolutionary Letters Pocket Poets Series No. Japan just to teach us the proper way to sew these garments of Di Prima died Sunday morning at the age of 86 at a hospital in San Francisco, her brother Frank DiPrima confirmed to NPR. On several occasions she faced charges of obscenity by the United States government due to her work with the New York Poets Theatre and The Floating Bear. Yes. It is so Biography Early life. Di Prima made her poetic debut with the collection This Kind of Bird Flies Backward (1958). 11-year-old, as he and Okusan began to make me part of their family I "And it's all right, even if you're old and gray, 'Cuz it's all right, you still got something to say . Jack Kerouac, also a guest, shouted, "Di Prima, unless you forget about your babysitter, you're never going to be a writer.". [6][7] According to di Prima, police persistently harassed her due to the nature of her poetry. threw me around the world, and taught me how to find plenty in every situation, She attended Swarthmore College for two years before moving to Greenwich Village in Manhattan and becoming a writer in the emerging Beat movement. now, and my brother is spearheading a movement to rename the small park on Page She made her mark as a Beat poet, but she later said that label was very much of one time, a long time ago.. enough to love with Yoshida too. Diane di Prima (August 6, 1934 - October 25, 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. We are fortunate that her partner, Sheppard Powell, recorded so many performances. Christo & Jeanne Claude - "The Floating Piers - Lake Iseo, Italy 2014-2016" carta d'arte firmata a mano e incorniciata con tessuto . And moved us back out to A tribute to Diane di Prima, marking one year since her passing in October 2020, with Hanif Abdurraqib, Garrett Caples, Jeanne di Prima, Sheppard Powell, Cedar Sigo, Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, Wendy Trevino, and Jenny Jo Wennlund. Her father, Francis, was a lawyer, and her mother, Emma, was a teacher. Di Prima lived for the rest of her life in San Francisco, becoming the citys poet laureate in 2009 and, by the time of her death, one of the few surviving members of the Beat generation. Baraka died in 2014. Rather, we focus on discussions related to local stories by our own staff. How Progressive Quaker activism helped change America. Deep dive into time management says we should be asking a different question, Review: Greta Thunberg's 'The Climate Book' warns and educates on looming crisis, S.F. We just kept falling in love over and over again.. 27 Diane di Prima City Lights Books ISBN-13 9780872867611. Her impact is far and wide with seeds and beacons of light as guides towards sukha. Tate Swindell. am blessed. She experimented sexually and with drugs and lived for a period at a commune in Millbrook, N.Y., led by Timothy Leary, who promoted use of the hallucinogenic drug LSD. regardless. . Jeanne was the oldest and Examines the strategy & tactics, successes & failures, history & future of faith-based work to end war, and to dismantle militarism and the repression it has spawned. One of the poems Ms. di Prima read at the event celebrating her appointment as San Franciscos poet laureate was The Poetry Deal, written in 1993. Its not like a career where you retire. - in Interviews. 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