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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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American artist, writer and activist (1919–2021)

Also known as: Feilingedi, Ferlinghetti, L. Ferlinghetti, Lawence Monsanto Ferling, Lawrence Ferling, Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti

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Known works

  • The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition
  • The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition (1973)
  • Henry Rollins, Billy Childish, Jello Biafra, Lawrence Ferlinghetti
  • Love in the days of rage
  • I greet you at the beginning of a great career