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“Philip was a visionary like Blake, and he really saw the whole world in a grain of sand.” —Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“An inspired consciousness set at full tilt in raging protest, kisses, prayers, blessings, and outraged demands. All from the deepest silence and farthest travel.” —Michael McClure
Preserving Fire
recounts the life and thought of the Surrealist, Beat Generation, and San Francisco Renaissance poet Philip Lamantia through his fugitive prose works. Ranging from poetry to politics to mythology to dance, from manifestos to travelogues to wartime declarations of conscientious objection, these writings, expertly collected by friend and longtime City Lights editor Garrett Caples, offer a dynamic picture of Lamantia’s multifaceted intellectual life and the artistic movements he helped shape.
Philip Lamantia
(1927–2005) was an influential Surrealist, Beat, and San Francisco Renaissance poet. He is the author of many books, including
Erotic Poems, Touch of the Marvelous, Meadowlark West, Tau and Journey to the End
, and
The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia
.
Garrett Caples
is the author of many books, most recently
Power Ballads
and
Retrievals
. He is the co-editor of
and is an editor at City Lights Books, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series.
“An inspired consciousness set at full tilt in raging protest, kisses, prayers, blessings, and outraged demands. All from the deepest silence and farthest travel.” —Michael McClure
Preserving Fire
recounts the life and thought of the Surrealist, Beat Generation, and San Francisco Renaissance poet Philip Lamantia through his fugitive prose works. Ranging from poetry to politics to mythology to dance, from manifestos to travelogues to wartime declarations of conscientious objection, these writings, expertly collected by friend and longtime City Lights editor Garrett Caples, offer a dynamic picture of Lamantia’s multifaceted intellectual life and the artistic movements he helped shape.
Philip Lamantia
(1927–2005) was an influential Surrealist, Beat, and San Francisco Renaissance poet. He is the author of many books, including
Erotic Poems, Touch of the Marvelous, Meadowlark West, Tau and Journey to the End
, and
The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia
.
Garrett Caples
is the author of many books, most recently
Power Ballads
and
Retrievals
. He is the co-editor of
and is an editor at City Lights Books, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series.
“Philip was a visionary like Blake, and he really saw the whole world in a grain of sand.” —Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“An inspired consciousness set at full tilt in raging protest, kisses, prayers, blessings, and outraged demands. All from the deepest silence and farthest travel.” —Michael McClure
Preserving Fire
recounts the life and thought of the Surrealist, Beat Generation, and San Francisco Renaissance poet Philip Lamantia through his fugitive prose works. Ranging from poetry to politics to mythology to dance, from manifestos to travelogues to wartime declarations of conscientious objection, these writings, expertly collected by friend and longtime City Lights editor Garrett Caples, offer a dynamic picture of Lamantia’s multifaceted intellectual life and the artistic movements he helped shape.
Philip Lamantia
(1927–2005) was an influential Surrealist, Beat, and San Francisco Renaissance poet. He is the author of many books, including
Erotic Poems, Touch of the Marvelous, Meadowlark West, Tau and Journey to the End
, and
The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia
.
Garrett Caples
is the author of many books, most recently
Power Ballads
and
Retrievals
. He is the co-editor of
and is an editor at City Lights Books, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series.
“An inspired consciousness set at full tilt in raging protest, kisses, prayers, blessings, and outraged demands. All from the deepest silence and farthest travel.” —Michael McClure
Preserving Fire
recounts the life and thought of the Surrealist, Beat Generation, and San Francisco Renaissance poet Philip Lamantia through his fugitive prose works. Ranging from poetry to politics to mythology to dance, from manifestos to travelogues to wartime declarations of conscientious objection, these writings, expertly collected by friend and longtime City Lights editor Garrett Caples, offer a dynamic picture of Lamantia’s multifaceted intellectual life and the artistic movements he helped shape.
Philip Lamantia
(1927–2005) was an influential Surrealist, Beat, and San Francisco Renaissance poet. He is the author of many books, including
Erotic Poems, Touch of the Marvelous, Meadowlark West, Tau and Journey to the End
, and
The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia
.
Garrett Caples
is the author of many books, most recently
Power Ballads
and
Retrievals
. He is the co-editor of
and is an editor at City Lights Books, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series.
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