News at Eleven: [Lawrence] Ferlinghetti, who now is 89,

looks to the past, present and future. In the middle of the 20th century, he made literature enliven and reshape our lives; in the 21st century, he calls attention to literary history and dedicates his energies to peace and "a rebirth of wonder."

from The Capital Times: Ferlinghetti's 'Coney Island' poems celebrated at 50

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