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    Today’s the 98th anniversary of the birth of Philip Lamantia, born in 1927, on Sanchez Street in San Francisco.  And yes I said yes let’...

  Salvatore Quasimodo (Kaw-ZEE-mo-do) was born this day in 1901, in Modica, Sicily.  Salute!   When his first book ( Acque e Terre / Waters...

Harry and Caresse Crosby at desk in library ,  19 Rue de Lille , Paris  Harry Crosby – hey now heads up people today marks the 127th anniver...

Today’s  the 97th anniversary of the birth of the great poet Philip Lamantia.   Let’s celebrate, and cerebrate on, his poetry — shall we?  Y...

“. . . the Sun is a lighthouse on a Sea of Clouds . . .” Yes, so wrote Harry Crosby in his diary on November 7, 1927, after seeing “a giant ...