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And because so much has changed since then– traveling, book publication and more– we brought him back to give us a life update and a poem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/1a0EFQmuKDKXSoXl8CwTrt\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of our conversation and the poem Alan Chazaro chose to recite for this episode.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ode to Kendrick Lamar\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are nights like tonight when it rains / biblical amounts of everything and music plays while I drive somewhere I usually don’t / go after dark because I get lost in my head / while my wife plans for next week and I try to decide where to park and when to / leave but instead I down / IPAs and smash In N Out burgers into my gut before the smallest / words crawl out / forced. 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My only thing was reading, consuming poetry, and sort of vibing with different art forms and just being present in the Bay Area as fully as I could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pen: Imagine if you could just be a grad student at all times, [laughs] like what you just described should be life, right?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alan: [laughs] yeah.. 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If so moved to share a poem, Chapter 510 encourages people to use the hashtag “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/peda2021/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Peda2021\u003c/a>” to keep track of all the submissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, Chapter 510 offers a \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/580fe27615d5db24ca661579/t/606655a20a81c439ea07796c/1617319330909/Write+Your+Roos+Lesson+Plans+2021+%283%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poetry curriculum\u003c/a> for educators, optimized for both distanced and in-person classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lastly, with entertainment venues and community gathering spaces around the Bay Area on the verge of reopening, Chapter 510’s newest location at Swan’s Market is scheduled for a grand opening on April 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chapter 510 will culminate the month’s worth of writing with its first city-wide \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CNGhWHuhgm7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Write Your Roots Day\u003c/a>, which Mayor Libby Schaff officially proclaimed just last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chapter 510 celebrates Write Your Roots Day on Friday, April 30, at 546 9th Street (at Swan’s Market) from 12pm-6pm. \u003ca href=\"http://www.chapter510.org/events-1/2021/4/30/write-your-roots-all-town-epic-poetry-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On Sunday morning, I woke up, gathered my superpowers, and added a couple lines to what’s sure to be one of the most Oakland-centric poems ever created.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in order to achieve that status, it’ll take your poetic superpowers as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.chapter510.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 510\u003c/a>, an organization that champions literacy—especially for marginalized youth—has partnered with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandrootssc.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Roots\u003c/a> soccer club for the second annual “Write Your Roots” event series. It’s a part of the larger \u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/national-poetry-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Poetry Month\u003c/a> celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the next four weeks, Oakland residents are invited to participate in the \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0jSuH8cychLCuA-R1KHVFMl9wyTR02ZxRDY3r9OEaA7cu9Q/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All-Town Poem\u003c/a> (Spanish version\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejZkADhUaTJhjfcuUbIkj0QX_usAchhnEai4K0dWDXpX2i0g/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> here\u003c/a>), where writers can submit an entry on the theme of power at any time. The entries will then be edited and arranged into poem form, with all submissions getting credit by name—or superhero/supershero/supertheyro name, if they so choose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s entries should be a strong follow-up to last year’s effort, which produced the epic poem “\u003ca href=\"https://chapter510.medium.com/because-this-city-english-12579f5fa3a5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Because This City\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chapter 510 Program Manager and Teaching Artist Jahan Khalighi says the overall goal is to create a community-based exercise in creativity, imagination, and power-building. For Khalighi, it’s about looking at “access to inspiration as a basic human right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13895177\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13895177\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Tongo-Elijah-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin stands in the middle of Elijah and Amaya at Oakland's Westlake Middle School\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Tongo-Elijah-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Tongo-Elijah-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Tongo-Elijah-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Tongo-Elijah-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Tongo-Elijah-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Tongo-Elijah-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Tongo-Elijah-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin stands between students Elijah and Amaya at Oakland’s Westlake Middle School. \u003ccite>(Robbie Sweeny)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On top of that, each day in April Chapter 510 is posting writing prompts on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/chapter510/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/chptr510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/chapter510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook\u003c/a>. If so moved to share a poem, Chapter 510 encourages people to use the hashtag “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/peda2021/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Peda2021\u003c/a>” to keep track of all the submissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, Chapter 510 offers a \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/580fe27615d5db24ca661579/t/606655a20a81c439ea07796c/1617319330909/Write+Your+Roos+Lesson+Plans+2021+%283%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poetry curriculum\u003c/a> for educators, optimized for both distanced and in-person classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lastly, with entertainment venues and community gathering spaces around the Bay Area on the verge of reopening, Chapter 510’s newest location at Swan’s Market is scheduled for a grand opening on April 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chapter 510 will culminate the month’s worth of writing with its first city-wide \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CNGhWHuhgm7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Write Your Roots Day\u003c/a>, which Mayor Libby Schaff officially proclaimed just last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chapter 510 celebrates Write Your Roots Day on Friday, April 30, at 546 9th Street (at Swan’s Market) from 12pm-6pm. \u003ca href=\"http://www.chapter510.org/events-1/2021/4/30/write-your-roots-all-town-epic-poetry-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In the wake of national youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman making headlines at the Presidential Inauguration and the Super Bowl, Santa Clara County will announce its very first youth poet laureate on May 1st, 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Janice Lobo Sapigao started the program last year as a chapter of Urban Word New York City. “The Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate program is honestly something I wished I had when I was growing up in San Jose and in the Bay Area,” says Sapigao, who was named one of the Bay Area’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13661123/women-to-watch-janice-sapigao\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Women to Watch\u003c/a>” by KQED Arts in 2017. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program kicked off last December with an event featuring local poets—including Oakland’s current Youth Poet Laureate, Greer Nakadagawa Lee—followed by the launch of five free youth writing workshops in January and February. “I was actually really surprised because I didn’t know how many youth would sign up, but we ended up having 25 students attending our first workshop, 40 students attending our second workshop, and we had 70 attending our third one,” Sapigao explains. “To me, that shows community interest and shows the necessity of youth poetry.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, the ten finalists for Santa Clara County’s youth poet laureate were announced: Sarah Fathima Mohammed, Swasti Johri, Margaret Mei, Avalon Felice Lee, Trisha Iyer, Anouk Yeh, Mahder Aklilu, Anna Yang, Paula Escobar, and Jasmine Kapadia. Selected by a panel of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccyouthlaureate.com/judges\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">seven judges\u003c/a>, applicants were scored on the craft of their writing, the authenticity of their voice, their performance and their potential for leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to Urban Word, Sapigao and the Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate program are receiving support—and inspiration—from the San Jose Public Library, the Oakland Youth Poet Laureate program, and San Francisco-based poetry organization Youth Speaks. “Looking at the leadership and the work and the programs out of coming out of those organizations has definitely helped me formulate what our program could possibly look like,” says Sapigao. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 10 finalists will appear at a reading with the San Jose Public Library on Tuesday, April 20, online from 5-6pm. Details and registration \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccyouthlaureate.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A full list of finalists, with bios provided by the Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate program, can be found below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mahder Aklilu\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Mahder_Aklilu-160x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"222\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895124\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Mahder_Aklilu-160x222.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Mahder_Aklilu-800x1108.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Mahder_Aklilu-768x1064.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Mahder_Aklilu.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">I am the daughter of so many people who have struggled and communicated through art. I am the daughter of parents who protested dictatorship and carried on their activist spirit into me. I am proud of my black identity and my identity as an immigrant. I am on Ohlone land also known as San Jose and I have lived here for the past 12 years. I’m a junior in high school excited and energized to use my voice for good!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paula Escobar\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Paula_Escobar-160x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"226\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895126\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Paula_Escobar-160x226.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Paula_Escobar.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">Born and raised in San Jose, Paula Escobar is a proud Bolivian-American and first generation student. Inspired by her mother and older sister, Paula is driven to catalyze change within her community and promote inclusivity. Seeing how impactful schooling has been to her family, she is an advocate for educational justice and wants all students to feel empowered in their communities. As secretary of the East Side Union High School District Student Governing Board and a Santa Clara County Juvenile Justice Commissioner, she hopes to amplify diverse student voices and advocate for restorative justice. Her current efforts involve planning the Ethnic Studies course in her school district and representing over 23,000 students on the ESUHSD Instructional Policy Committee. With poetry, Paula wants to carry forward the values that have inspired her and channel words of empowerment. As a candidate for the Youth Poet Laureate program, Paula hopes to explore different mediums of writing and create accessible outlets for youth to express themselves. When she is not writing, you can find her baking with her family, working on history homework, or listening to music. In the future, Paula hopes to attend law school and become a civil rights lawyer to protect the rights of youth of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trisha Iyer\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer-160x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"177\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895129\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer-160x177.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer-800x883.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer-1020x1126.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer-768x848.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer-1391x1536.jpg 1391w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer.jpg 1739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">Hi, I’m Trisha Iyer and I live in Cupertino. My relationship with poetry began in first grade, when I wrote some questionably-rhymed odes to a future, imaginary pet in order to persuade my parents into adopting a dog. Since then, my work has evolved in skill and language, but has become no less purposeful. I draw inspiration from the carefully worded, stirring verses of Edna St. Vincent Millay, the sparse, precise language of William Blake, and the works of ancient poets like Catullus (e.g., his slyly-lampooning Carmen 9) and Horace. In my own poetry, I try to achieve what I so admire in the works of my favorite poets. Poetry is my chance to offer to my readers an unconventional, rarely-heard yet very necessary perspective—sometimes my own—on various topics in order to foster empathy. My poetry is very introspective, and I place special value on weaving rich word choice, strong sensory details, and notes of hope into my pieces. I delight, in particular, in writing meaning into everyday experiences in order to bridge the gap of understanding between my reader and myself—whether that analogy mentions how blurry the world looks to my nearsighted self sees without my glasses or why a chiffon dress imbues beauty and fearlessness on the wearer through its translucence. In my free time, I play with my dog (the poems I wrote at age seven were more effective than I expected), indulge my passion for fashion illustration, dance, and of course, read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Swasti Johri\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Swasti_Johri-160x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"251\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895128\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Swasti_Johri-160x251.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Swasti_Johri-800x1255.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Swasti_Johri-768x1205.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Swasti_Johri.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">My name is Swasti Johri, and I’m currently a junior at Evergreen Valley High School. I love to explore my creativity through several different avenues, including drawing, pottery, and poetry. For the longest time, I didn’t think poetry was for me; I had no faith in my abilities as a writer, but over quarantine, my love for the art was reinvigorated after I expressed my frustration through it. Really, that’s what poetry is to me; relief from emotions difficult for me to comprehend. It’s something I use to cope with the anxiety I feel when I can’t control things, including my mental health and issues around the world. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve now become passionate about spreading my new-found love for writing to others. Showing people that it’s more than just a boring class in school, and a mind-blowing, beautiful way to connect with others and buried parts of yourself. It’s a therapeutic coping mechanism that can save you from succumbing to societal pressures and problems. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jasmine Kapadia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia-160x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895123\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia-800x1202.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia-1020x1532.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia-768x1154.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">Jasmine Kapadia (she/her) is an Asian-American poet and activist. She is a 2021 Write the World Community Ambassador, the Mandarin Course Manager for Polyglot Perspectives and holds editorial roles with Indigo Lit and Polyphony Lit. Her poetry is unflinching in the face of a country that tells Asian-Americans to keep their heads down, to be quiet and not make trouble. She writes to claim back the labels that society has given her: Chinese-American, Indian-American, Girl. She writes to document the sacrifices of her elders and ancestors and to tell their stories. She has work in or forthcoming in Kissing Dynamite, The Bitchin’ Kitsch, the Eunoia Review, Malala Fund’s Assembly, All Guts No Glory, and elsewhere. When not writing, she can be found stanning Beyoncé, over-applying lipgloss, and (re)-binge-watching RuPaul’s Drag Race. Find her on Instagram: @jazzymoons\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Avalon Felice Lee\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee-160x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"189\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895122\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee-160x189.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee-800x945.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee-1020x1205.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee-768x907.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee-1300x1536.jpg 1300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee.jpg 1625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">I am Avalon Felice Lee, an Asian American poet and proser. To me, poetry offers a way to live in the minutes that slip by, unnoticed. Simply the act of writing is a recipe of pointing out details that are felt but not explicitly seen, which is the difference between the atmosphere that we live in versus the planetary body we orbit. Perhaps this is why poetry is an art form necessary for progress, as necessary as galvanizing speeches and key legislation. Atrocity persists because they are not held at point-blank, not brought to light for all to witness. And what better way to expose our follies than by cocooning them in poetic verse? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Margaret Mei\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Margaret_Mei-160x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Margaret_Mei-160x208.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Margaret_Mei.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">My name is Margaret Mei, and poetry is where I throw together ideas, emotions, and events that I come across in life. Sometimes it’s turns out to be a comedic poem, and it brings a smile to my face. Other times it’s a sad poem, and I feel relief from being able to see what the sad in me looks like from afar. Or it’s a simple story that I come up with on the spot. Poetry is a place for my experiences and my ideas. It’s a junkyard, except that junk is precious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Fathima Mohammed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Sarah_Fathima_Mohammed-160x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"213\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895127\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Sarah_Fathima_Mohammed-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Sarah_Fathima_Mohammed.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">My name is Sarah Fathima Mohammed, and I am a first-generation Muslim-American and South-Asian poet from Santa Clara County. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I navigated my identity over the years, I oscillated between inexplicable loneliness and grief: I felt so alone, surrounded by people who didn’t look like me. I struggled to find community in spaces where I was often the only Muslim girl. And as I scrolled through the New York Times and again caught sight of a headline detailing a mosque shooting, a heaviness washed over me, one that is deeper than the ground beneath us, a heaviness that, for so long, I kept lodged in the back of my throat. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I began to foray into poetry, I found solace that there were poets who looked like me. I read Safia Elhillo, Aria Aber, and Fatimah Asghar at the library, I devoured them. They mentored me from a distance: through their books. I learned that literature was more than the Shakespeare I read in school. Poetry was dynamic, was full: my people belonged here. Yes, poetry was a space where I could bridge words and find solace in the space between them. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poetry was a tradition I began to learn, one that was unabashed and heart-wrenching. I conversed with these poets as ancestors, inviting myself into this lineage in which I could be bold and unafraid in drawing from my emotions, from my grief. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I want my generation to understand poetry as a communal soil, as a ground for sharing. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anna Yang\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang-160x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"192\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895130\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang-160x192.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang-800x962.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang-1020x1227.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang-768x924.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang-1277x1536.jpg 1277w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang.jpg 1596w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">I originally found poetry in fourth grade, writing metaphors about owls and moons, lions and storms. Looking back on my first poem, I can feel the sparks in my fingers as I dragged a pink mechanical pencil across the paper, and the corners of my lips lifting up just thinking about a little girl in braids imagining a lion hunting in the rain. I can almost feel my legs, sore from standing on my toes for too long, trying to hang my poem up on my wall amongst the math certificates my mom had put up for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in Silicon Valley, I’ve always lived a fast-paced and structured life. When the world of 1’s and 0’s becomes overwhelming, I allow myself to be swallowed by poetry. My words form misshapen stanzas, engulf the page with spilling emotions, tell my stories that scream to be heard, create new paradises and dystopias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ever since my first poetry lesson, I continued to ponder the definition, the feeling, and the impact of each word in my writing. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In the wake of national youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman making headlines at the Presidential Inauguration and the Super Bowl, Santa Clara County will announce its very first youth poet laureate on May 1st, 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Janice Lobo Sapigao started the program last year as a chapter of Urban Word New York City. “The Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate program is honestly something I wished I had when I was growing up in San Jose and in the Bay Area,” says Sapigao, who was named one of the Bay Area’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13661123/women-to-watch-janice-sapigao\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Women to Watch\u003c/a>” by KQED Arts in 2017. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program kicked off last December with an event featuring local poets—including Oakland’s current Youth Poet Laureate, Greer Nakadagawa Lee—followed by the launch of five free youth writing workshops in January and February. “I was actually really surprised because I didn’t know how many youth would sign up, but we ended up having 25 students attending our first workshop, 40 students attending our second workshop, and we had 70 attending our third one,” Sapigao explains. “To me, that shows community interest and shows the necessity of youth poetry.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, the ten finalists for Santa Clara County’s youth poet laureate were announced: Sarah Fathima Mohammed, Swasti Johri, Margaret Mei, Avalon Felice Lee, Trisha Iyer, Anouk Yeh, Mahder Aklilu, Anna Yang, Paula Escobar, and Jasmine Kapadia. Selected by a panel of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccyouthlaureate.com/judges\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">seven judges\u003c/a>, applicants were scored on the craft of their writing, the authenticity of their voice, their performance and their potential for leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to Urban Word, Sapigao and the Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate program are receiving support—and inspiration—from the San Jose Public Library, the Oakland Youth Poet Laureate program, and San Francisco-based poetry organization Youth Speaks. “Looking at the leadership and the work and the programs out of coming out of those organizations has definitely helped me formulate what our program could possibly look like,” says Sapigao. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 10 finalists will appear at a reading with the San Jose Public Library on Tuesday, April 20, online from 5-6pm. Details and registration \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccyouthlaureate.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A full list of finalists, with bios provided by the Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate program, can be found below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mahder Aklilu\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Mahder_Aklilu-160x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"222\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895124\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Mahder_Aklilu-160x222.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Mahder_Aklilu-800x1108.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Mahder_Aklilu-768x1064.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Mahder_Aklilu.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">I am the daughter of so many people who have struggled and communicated through art. I am the daughter of parents who protested dictatorship and carried on their activist spirit into me. I am proud of my black identity and my identity as an immigrant. I am on Ohlone land also known as San Jose and I have lived here for the past 12 years. I’m a junior in high school excited and energized to use my voice for good!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paula Escobar\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Paula_Escobar-160x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"226\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895126\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Paula_Escobar-160x226.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Paula_Escobar.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">Born and raised in San Jose, Paula Escobar is a proud Bolivian-American and first generation student. Inspired by her mother and older sister, Paula is driven to catalyze change within her community and promote inclusivity. Seeing how impactful schooling has been to her family, she is an advocate for educational justice and wants all students to feel empowered in their communities. As secretary of the East Side Union High School District Student Governing Board and a Santa Clara County Juvenile Justice Commissioner, she hopes to amplify diverse student voices and advocate for restorative justice. Her current efforts involve planning the Ethnic Studies course in her school district and representing over 23,000 students on the ESUHSD Instructional Policy Committee. With poetry, Paula wants to carry forward the values that have inspired her and channel words of empowerment. As a candidate for the Youth Poet Laureate program, Paula hopes to explore different mediums of writing and create accessible outlets for youth to express themselves. When she is not writing, you can find her baking with her family, working on history homework, or listening to music. In the future, Paula hopes to attend law school and become a civil rights lawyer to protect the rights of youth of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trisha Iyer\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer-160x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"177\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895129\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer-160x177.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer-800x883.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer-1020x1126.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer-768x848.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer-1391x1536.jpg 1391w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Trisha_Iyer.jpg 1739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">Hi, I’m Trisha Iyer and I live in Cupertino. My relationship with poetry began in first grade, when I wrote some questionably-rhymed odes to a future, imaginary pet in order to persuade my parents into adopting a dog. Since then, my work has evolved in skill and language, but has become no less purposeful. I draw inspiration from the carefully worded, stirring verses of Edna St. Vincent Millay, the sparse, precise language of William Blake, and the works of ancient poets like Catullus (e.g., his slyly-lampooning Carmen 9) and Horace. In my own poetry, I try to achieve what I so admire in the works of my favorite poets. Poetry is my chance to offer to my readers an unconventional, rarely-heard yet very necessary perspective—sometimes my own—on various topics in order to foster empathy. My poetry is very introspective, and I place special value on weaving rich word choice, strong sensory details, and notes of hope into my pieces. I delight, in particular, in writing meaning into everyday experiences in order to bridge the gap of understanding between my reader and myself—whether that analogy mentions how blurry the world looks to my nearsighted self sees without my glasses or why a chiffon dress imbues beauty and fearlessness on the wearer through its translucence. In my free time, I play with my dog (the poems I wrote at age seven were more effective than I expected), indulge my passion for fashion illustration, dance, and of course, read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Swasti Johri\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Swasti_Johri-160x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"251\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895128\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Swasti_Johri-160x251.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Swasti_Johri-800x1255.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Swasti_Johri-768x1205.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Swasti_Johri.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">My name is Swasti Johri, and I’m currently a junior at Evergreen Valley High School. I love to explore my creativity through several different avenues, including drawing, pottery, and poetry. For the longest time, I didn’t think poetry was for me; I had no faith in my abilities as a writer, but over quarantine, my love for the art was reinvigorated after I expressed my frustration through it. Really, that’s what poetry is to me; relief from emotions difficult for me to comprehend. It’s something I use to cope with the anxiety I feel when I can’t control things, including my mental health and issues around the world. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve now become passionate about spreading my new-found love for writing to others. Showing people that it’s more than just a boring class in school, and a mind-blowing, beautiful way to connect with others and buried parts of yourself. It’s a therapeutic coping mechanism that can save you from succumbing to societal pressures and problems. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jasmine Kapadia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia-160x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895123\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia-800x1202.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia-1020x1532.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia-768x1154.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Jasmine_Kapadia.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">Jasmine Kapadia (she/her) is an Asian-American poet and activist. She is a 2021 Write the World Community Ambassador, the Mandarin Course Manager for Polyglot Perspectives and holds editorial roles with Indigo Lit and Polyphony Lit. Her poetry is unflinching in the face of a country that tells Asian-Americans to keep their heads down, to be quiet and not make trouble. She writes to claim back the labels that society has given her: Chinese-American, Indian-American, Girl. She writes to document the sacrifices of her elders and ancestors and to tell their stories. She has work in or forthcoming in Kissing Dynamite, The Bitchin’ Kitsch, the Eunoia Review, Malala Fund’s Assembly, All Guts No Glory, and elsewhere. When not writing, she can be found stanning Beyoncé, over-applying lipgloss, and (re)-binge-watching RuPaul’s Drag Race. Find her on Instagram: @jazzymoons\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Avalon Felice Lee\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee-160x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"189\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895122\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee-160x189.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee-800x945.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee-1020x1205.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee-768x907.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee-1300x1536.jpg 1300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Avalon_Felice_Lee.jpg 1625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">I am Avalon Felice Lee, an Asian American poet and proser. To me, poetry offers a way to live in the minutes that slip by, unnoticed. Simply the act of writing is a recipe of pointing out details that are felt but not explicitly seen, which is the difference between the atmosphere that we live in versus the planetary body we orbit. Perhaps this is why poetry is an art form necessary for progress, as necessary as galvanizing speeches and key legislation. Atrocity persists because they are not held at point-blank, not brought to light for all to witness. And what better way to expose our follies than by cocooning them in poetic verse? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Margaret Mei\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Margaret_Mei-160x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Margaret_Mei-160x208.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Margaret_Mei.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">My name is Margaret Mei, and poetry is where I throw together ideas, emotions, and events that I come across in life. Sometimes it’s turns out to be a comedic poem, and it brings a smile to my face. Other times it’s a sad poem, and I feel relief from being able to see what the sad in me looks like from afar. Or it’s a simple story that I come up with on the spot. Poetry is a place for my experiences and my ideas. It’s a junkyard, except that junk is precious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Fathima Mohammed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Sarah_Fathima_Mohammed-160x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"213\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895127\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Sarah_Fathima_Mohammed-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Sarah_Fathima_Mohammed.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">My name is Sarah Fathima Mohammed, and I am a first-generation Muslim-American and South-Asian poet from Santa Clara County. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I navigated my identity over the years, I oscillated between inexplicable loneliness and grief: I felt so alone, surrounded by people who didn’t look like me. I struggled to find community in spaces where I was often the only Muslim girl. And as I scrolled through the New York Times and again caught sight of a headline detailing a mosque shooting, a heaviness washed over me, one that is deeper than the ground beneath us, a heaviness that, for so long, I kept lodged in the back of my throat. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I began to foray into poetry, I found solace that there were poets who looked like me. I read Safia Elhillo, Aria Aber, and Fatimah Asghar at the library, I devoured them. They mentored me from a distance: through their books. I learned that literature was more than the Shakespeare I read in school. Poetry was dynamic, was full: my people belonged here. Yes, poetry was a space where I could bridge words and find solace in the space between them. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poetry was a tradition I began to learn, one that was unabashed and heart-wrenching. I conversed with these poets as ancestors, inviting myself into this lineage in which I could be bold and unafraid in drawing from my emotions, from my grief. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I want my generation to understand poetry as a communal soil, as a ground for sharing. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anna Yang\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang-160x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"192\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13895130\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang-160x192.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang-800x962.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang-1020x1227.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang-768x924.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang-1277x1536.jpg 1277w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Anna_Yang.jpg 1596w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">I originally found poetry in fourth grade, writing metaphors about owls and moons, lions and storms. Looking back on my first poem, I can feel the sparks in my fingers as I dragged a pink mechanical pencil across the paper, and the corners of my lips lifting up just thinking about a little girl in braids imagining a lion hunting in the rain. I can almost feel my legs, sore from standing on my toes for too long, trying to hang my poem up on my wall amongst the math certificates my mom had put up for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in Silicon Valley, I’ve always lived a fast-paced and structured life. When the world of 1’s and 0’s becomes overwhelming, I allow myself to be swallowed by poetry. My words form misshapen stanzas, engulf the page with spilling emotions, tell my stories that scream to be heard, create new paradises and dystopias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ever since my first poetry lesson, I continued to ponder the definition, the feeling, and the impact of each word in my writing. Not only does my poetry create a refuge for creative expression, it also yearns to incite thought within its readers. At times, my passion for social justice seeps between the lines, where it manifests as anger and hope for change. However, with six years of poetry experience, I’m still learning to tell the stories of other backgrounds and capture the pieces of myself that I have yet to express.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anouk Yeh\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"headTitle": "PHOTOS: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Sidewalk Memorial at City Lights Books | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>On Tuesday, Feb. 23, a group of about 50 people gathered outside City Lights Books in San Francisco at an impromptu memorial for Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13893125/lawrence-ferlinghetti-beat-poet-and-small-press-publisher-dies-at-101\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">died on Monday\u003c/a> at age 101. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd ranged from those close to Ferlinghetti—like Jack Hirschman, one of the famed poet and publisher’s oldest friends—to readers touched by his work. But all shared the impulse to gather and pay tribute to the City Lights founder in Jack Kerouac Alley—outside the bookstore where Ferlinghetti made his home, in the neighborhood and city that he loved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While readings, anecdotes and testimonials to Ferlinghetti’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10447892/at-95-lawrence-ferlinghetti-recounts-more-than-six-decades-of-life-in-san-francisco\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">indomitable spirit\u003c/a> filled the sidewalk and alley, KQED photographer Beth LaBerge captured the scene in photos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Agneta Falk reads a poem while Jack Hirschman listens during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893247\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agneta Falk reads a poem during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Deborah Drozd writes on a typewriter during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893236\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deborah Drozd writes on a typewriter during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893231\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/066_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Bobby Coleman speaks during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893231\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/066_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/066_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/066_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/066_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/066_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bobby Coleman speaks during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893229\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman lights a candle at a memorial for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893229\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman lights a candle at a memorial for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of people listen to speakers during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893246\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd of people listen to speakers during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893234\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Monk speaks during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893234\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patrick Monk speaks during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers, candles and photos of Lawrence Ferlinghetti are left outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893241\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowers, candles and photos of Lawrence Ferlinghetti are left outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893243\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A vigil and poetry reading is held outside of City Lights Books in San Francisco for its founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti on Tuesday Feb. 23, 2021, who died on Monday at the age of 101. Friends and fellow poets shared remembrances, read his work and raised their glasses.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893243\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vigil and poetry reading is held outside of City Lights Books in San Francisco for its founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti on Tuesday Feb. 23, 2021, who died on Monday at the age of 101. Friends and fellow poets shared remembrances, read his work and raised their glasses. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Bird (right) during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893235\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Bird (right) during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893219\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Poet Charlie Getter reads from Lawrence Ferlinghetti's book Coney Island of the Mind during a vigil outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893219\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poet Charlie Getter reads from Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s book Coney Island of the Mind during a vigil outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893230\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Bottles of beer are raised in the air during a cheers for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893230\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bottles of beer are raised in the air during a cheers for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893240\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Friends and fellow poets share remembrances and read poems during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893240\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends and fellow poets share remembrances and read poems during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893227\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his bowler hat in the City Lights Poetry Room on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893227\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his bowler hat in the City Lights Poetry Room on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Leilani Chun listens to speakers during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893237\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leilani Chun listens to speakers during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Deborah Drozd writes on a typewriter during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893220\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deborah Drozd writes on a typewriter during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"An attendee at the memorial points to a photo of Ferlinghetti in a poetry book outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893223\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An attendee at the memorial points to a photo of Ferlinghetti in a poetry book outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers, candles and photos of Lawrence Ferlinghetti are left outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893242\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowers, candles and photos of Lawrence Ferlinghetti are left outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On Tuesday, Feb. 23, a group of about 50 people gathered outside City Lights Books in San Francisco at an impromptu memorial for Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13893125/lawrence-ferlinghetti-beat-poet-and-small-press-publisher-dies-at-101\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">died on Monday\u003c/a> at age 101. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd ranged from those close to Ferlinghetti—like Jack Hirschman, one of the famed poet and publisher’s oldest friends—to readers touched by his work. But all shared the impulse to gather and pay tribute to the City Lights founder in Jack Kerouac Alley—outside the bookstore where Ferlinghetti made his home, in the neighborhood and city that he loved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While readings, anecdotes and testimonials to Ferlinghetti’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10447892/at-95-lawrence-ferlinghetti-recounts-more-than-six-decades-of-life-in-san-francisco\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">indomitable spirit\u003c/a> filled the sidewalk and alley, KQED photographer Beth LaBerge captured the scene in photos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Agneta Falk reads a poem while Jack Hirschman listens during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893247\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/035_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agneta Falk reads a poem during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Deborah Drozd writes on a typewriter during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893236\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/055_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deborah Drozd writes on a typewriter during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893231\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/066_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Bobby Coleman speaks during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893231\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/066_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/066_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/066_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/066_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/066_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bobby Coleman speaks during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893229\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman lights a candle at a memorial for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893229\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/072_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman lights a candle at a memorial for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of people listen to speakers during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893246\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/036_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd of people listen to speakers during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893234\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Monk speaks during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893234\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/060_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patrick Monk speaks during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers, candles and photos of Lawrence Ferlinghetti are left outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893241\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/049_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowers, candles and photos of Lawrence Ferlinghetti are left outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893243\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A vigil and poetry reading is held outside of City Lights Books in San Francisco for its founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti on Tuesday Feb. 23, 2021, who died on Monday at the age of 101. Friends and fellow poets shared remembrances, read his work and raised their glasses.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893243\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/046_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vigil and poetry reading is held outside of City Lights Books in San Francisco for its founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti on Tuesday Feb. 23, 2021, who died on Monday at the age of 101. Friends and fellow poets shared remembrances, read his work and raised their glasses. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Bird (right) during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893235\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/056_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Bird (right) during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893219\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Poet Charlie Getter reads from Lawrence Ferlinghetti's book Coney Island of the Mind during a vigil outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893219\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/026_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poet Charlie Getter reads from Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s book Coney Island of the Mind during a vigil outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893230\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Bottles of beer are raised in the air during a cheers for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893230\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/068_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bottles of beer are raised in the air during a cheers for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893240\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Friends and fellow poets share remembrances and read poems during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893240\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/051_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends and fellow poets share remembrances and read poems during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893227\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his bowler hat in the City Lights Poetry Room on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893227\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/004_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his bowler hat in the City Lights Poetry Room on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Leilani Chun listens to speakers during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893237\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/054_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leilani Chun listens to speakers during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Deborah Drozd writes on a typewriter during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893220\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/021_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deborah Drozd writes on a typewriter during a vigil for Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"An attendee at the memorial points to a photo of Ferlinghetti in a poetry book outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893223\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/011_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An attendee at the memorial points to a photo of Ferlinghetti in a poetry book outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers, candles and photos of Lawrence Ferlinghetti are left outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893242\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/047_SanFrancisco_LawrenceFerllinghettiMemorial_02232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowers, candles and photos of Lawrence Ferlinghetti are left outside of City Lights Books on Feb. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"title": "Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat Poet And Small Press Publisher, Dies At 101",
"headTitle": "Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat Poet And Small Press Publisher, Dies At 101 | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died in San Francisco. He was 101. Ferlinghetti is probably best known for three things: his Beat poetry, his San Francisco bookstore and small press, and his defense of the First Amendment in a famous court case. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"forum_2010101870098\"]His most famous work is a 1958 collection of poetry called \u003cem>A Coney Island of the Mind\u003c/em>. In it, \u003ca href=\"http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he compares\u003c/a> the horrors depicted in Francisco Goya’s paintings of the Napoleonic Wars to scenes of post-World War II America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A Coney Island of the Mind\u003c/em> was translated into nine languages and sold more than a million copies. Despite his popularity, Ferlinghetti was never considered on par with some of the other Beat writers he called his friends — Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso and Allen Ginsberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though Ferlinghetti was raised in New York, he said he never met those East Coast writers until he moved to San Francisco and opened his bookstore, \u003ca href=\"http://www.citylights.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">City Lights\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A bookstore is a natural place for poets to hang out,” Ferlinghetti said in a 1994 interview. “And they started showing up there right from the beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893133\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Ferlinghetti-office-1920x1440-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13893133\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Ferlinghetti-office-1920x1440-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Ferlinghetti-office-1920x1440-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Ferlinghetti-office-1920x1440-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Ferlinghetti-office-1920x1440-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Ferlinghetti-office-1920x1440-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Ferlinghetti-office-1920x1440-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside Ferlinghetti’s office at City Lights. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City Lights became a magnet for West Coast intellectuals, and later a tourist destination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferlinghetti also started a small press called City Lights Books. In the fall of 1956, he published a little 75-cent paperback, the first edition of \u003ca href=\"http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/howl-parts-i-ii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Howl\u003c/em>\u003c/a> by Allen Ginsberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Howl\u003c/em> was a new type of poetry that gave voice to an undercurrent of dissatisfaction in Eisenhower’s America. It became an anthem for the nascent counterculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Before Allen Ginsberg’s \u003cem>Howl\u003c/em>, the state of poetry in America is a little bit like the way it is today: poetry about poetry,” Ferlinghetti said. “\u003cem>Howl\u003c/em> knocked the sides out of things. Just the way rock music in the ’60s knocked the sides out of the old music world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Howl\u003c/em> included passages of homosexual imagery, and Ferlinghetti was arrested in 1957 on charges of publishing obscene material. At the end of a long federal trial, the poem was found to have redeeming social importance, and therefore not obscene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Literary critic Gerald Nicosia says Ferlinghetti’s two greatest accomplishments were fighting censorship, and inaugurating a small press revolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Up until that point, getting published was a difficult thing,” Nicosia says. “If you were a radical, an innovative writer, you would be rebuffed by New York, by mainstream publishers. By creating this press out of nothing — City Lights Press — he said: Look, you don’t need these big publishers in New York. You can do it, and you can get the books out, and not only that, you can make waves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/dr3G1Agw0xY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferlinghetti was always an advocate for the underdog, in part because of his own life story. He was born on March 24, 1919, in Yonkers. 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So now, LaRussell himself is in the latest batch of Good Compenny videos, performing a verse of his track “Do That Little Dance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk8L-CoNk2k\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He shot it the night before he released his album \u003cem>The Field Effect 2\u003c/em>, simply as album promotion. “We dropped (the video) the very next day, and that shit took off,” LaRussell says with a laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the track is far from comical. “African nigga in a European whip / like we ain’t come here in a European ship,” LaRussell raps in the song’s opening lines. It’s the first track on the album, and serves as an introduction to what he’s about. An expression of pain and anger. Frustration and distrust of the government, specifically the police. And a push for self-accountability: “Unfamiliar, quite peculiar, do you know yourself? / Are you tending to your garden, do you grow yourself?” LaRussell raps.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We’re Always on Edge’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>From there, \u003cem>The Field Effect 2\u003c/em> covers a lot of territory. With “Hidden Animosity,” LaRussell pens a piece about internal community issues. On the song “God Flow,” he celebrates his own lyrical ability. In the song “Soup and Cracks,” LaRussell mentions his maturation into using his real name in his music, and retiring his stage name, Tota. And then calls out the shortcomings of his childhood hero who introduced him to the concept of metaphor, Lil Wayne: “Looking at my idols that no longer wear a cape / Spewing they beliefs while I no longer can relate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent message from a childhood friend reminded LaRussell that he’s been rapping since he was in second grade at Vallejo’s Widenmann Elementary School. 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And given \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/vallejopolicing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all that we know about Vallejo police\u003c/a>, it’s no surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re always on edge,” says LaRussell, in reference to his city as a whole. “Lately, it’s gotten even worse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with what LaRussell calls “neighborhood politics”—such as festering Vallejo beefs—new conflicts have started to arise when incoming residents make their way to one of the \u003ca href=\"https://sf.curbed.com/2019/6/20/18691880/cheapest-cities-rent-bay-area-zumper-california-median\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">least expensive\u003c/a> parts of the Bay Area. “And then you have the fucked-up-ass police force, on top of it,” says LaRussell, who’s never had a violent encounter with the department, but has been stopped on numerous occasions without being ticketed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Theory of 1,000 Splits\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Volunteering with a local politician during the mayoral race last year allowed LaRussell to see firsthand just how bad things are. “The corruption we’re facing inside the city, it’s sick,” says LaRussell. “It’s like a Hollywood movie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an artist, what can he do about it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There isn’t much he can do as an individual, he says. 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Fairfield’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YRyb-_81ug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tah-Hir\u003c/a> spits a verse of life perspective over a sample of the classic Black Rob track “Whoa.” The Alameda-bred vocalist and model \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/zharmila/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zharmila\u003c/a> sends her soulful voice floating on a track named “Honey.” East Bay artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jazsyaa_/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jazs\u003c/a> pleads with a partner to get out of the same old routine in the acoustic-soul track “Riot.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/p3jcRH34Vjk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/p3jcRH34Vjk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>From the audience perspective, LaRussell looks at artists like they’re professional athletes. 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I’m a firm believer that while the concept of seeing an artist at work isn’t new, it doesn’t really get old—especially when done right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few platforms are doing pretty well: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Qw1dzXDBAZPwS7zm37g8g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the COLORS series\u003c/a> is entertaining, and of course \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR’s Tiny Desk\u003c/a> is good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>XXL’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXpGypeg1HU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freshman Cypher\u003c/a> and BET’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKsW0QK68OM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hip Hop Awards Cypher\u003c/a> are staples in the industry. 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So now, LaRussell himself is in the latest batch of Good Compenny videos, performing a verse of his track “Do That Little Dance.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/zk8L-CoNk2k'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/zk8L-CoNk2k'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>He shot it the night before he released his album \u003cem>The Field Effect 2\u003c/em>, simply as album promotion. “We dropped (the video) the very next day, and that shit took off,” LaRussell says with a laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the track is far from comical. “African nigga in a European whip / like we ain’t come here in a European ship,” LaRussell raps in the song’s opening lines. 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