Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years (SIGNED)
by di Prima, Diane
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670851663
- ISBN 13
- 9780670851669
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Synopsis
In Recollections of My Life as a Woman , Diane di Prima explores the first three decades of her extraordinary life. Born into a conservative Italian American family, di Prima grew up in Brooklyn but broke away from her roots to follow through on a lifelong commitment to become a poet, first made when she was in high school. Immersing herself in Manhattan's early 1950s Bohemia, di Prima quickly emerged as a renowned poet, an influential editor, and a single mother at a time when this was unheard of. Vividly chronicling the intense, creative cauldron of those years, she recounts her revolutionary relationships and sexuality, and how her experimentation led her to define herself as a woman. What emerges is a fascinating narrative about the courage and triumph of the imagination, and how one woman discovered her role in the world.
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- Bookseller
- Russian Hill Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 063263
- Title
- Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years (SIGNED)
- Author
- di Prima, Diane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670851663
- ISBN 13
- 9780670851669
- Publisher
- Viking / Penguin Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- DIANE DI PRIMA BEAT POET
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