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"And if some statements annoy or seem naive, there are fascinating sections in here about di Prima's surprising friendship with Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg's Naropa Institute, small press publishing, 9/11, gender, feminism and political correctness, painters and painting, and-however critical-some great reminiscences about the alternative cultures and communities in San Francisco and New York. Contradictory, confused and questioning, di Prima is nevertheless revealed as a fascinating, opinionated interviewee, offering optimism and possibility, despite herself.--Rupert Loydell ""TearsintheFence.com"" Conversations with Diane di Prima spans nearly the entire latter half of di Prima's life. Throughout these interviews, she dispenses essential practical advice and invaluable lore, mixed with bits of frank gossip concerning matters such as poetry, alchemy, parenting, civics, personal relationships, astrology, and health. . . . These interviews offer insightful glimpses into the life of a poet who maneuvered her way through the world's complexities in part by imagining them anew.--Patrick James Dunagan ""Rain Taxi"""

And if some statements annoy or seem naive, there are fascinating sections in here about di Prima's surprising friendship with Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg's Naropa Institute, small press publishing, 9/11, gender, feminism and political correctness, painters and painting, and-however critical-some great reminiscences about the alternative cultures and communities in San Francisco and New York. Contradictory, confused and questioning, di Prima is nevertheless revealed as a fascinating, opinionated interviewee, offering optimism and possibility, despite herself.--Rupert Loydell TearsintheFence.com Conversations with Diane di Prima spans nearly the entire latter half of di Prima's life. Throughout these interviews, she dispenses essential practical advice and invaluable lore, mixed with bits of frank gossip concerning matters such as poetry, alchemy, parenting, civics, personal relationships, astrology, and health. . . . These interviews offer insightful glimpses into the life of a poet who maneuvered her way through the world's complexities in part by imagining them anew.--Patrick James Dunagan Rain Taxi

And if some statements annoy or seem naive, there are fascinating sections in here about di Prima's surprising friendship with Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg's Naropa Institute, small press publishing, 9/11, gender, feminism and political correctness, painters and painting, and-however critical-some great reminiscences about the alternative cultures and communities in San Francisco and New York. Contradictory, confused and questioning, di Prima is nevertheless revealed as a fascinating, opinionated interviewee, offering optimism and possibility, despite herself.--Rupert Loydell ""TearsintheFence.com"" Conversations with Diane di Prima spans nearly the entire latter half of di Prima's life. Throughout these interviews, she dispenses essential practical advice and invaluable lore, mixed with bits of frank gossip concerning matters such as poetry, alchemy, parenting, civics, personal relationships, astrology, and health. . . . These interviews offer insightful glimpses into the life of a poet who maneuvered her way through the world's complexities in part by imagining them anew.--Patrick James Dunagan ""Rain Taxi""

And if some statements annoy or seem naive, there are fascinating sections in here about di Prima's surprising friendship with Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg's Naropa Institute, small press publishing, 9/11, gender, feminism and political correctness, painters and painting, and - however critical - some great reminiscences about the alternative cultures and communities in San Francisco and New York. Contradictory, confused and questioning, di Prima is nevertheless revealed as a fascinating, opinionated interviewee, offering optimism and possibility, despite herself.--Rupert Loydell Tears in the Fence.com

And if some statements annoy or seem naive, there are fascinating sections in here about di Prima's surprising friendship with Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg's Naropa Institute, small press publishing, 9/11, gender, feminism and political correctness, painters and painting, and - however critical - some great reminiscences about the alternative cultures and communities in San Francisco and New York. Contradictory, confused and questioning, di Prima is nevertheless revealed as a fascinating, opinionated interviewee, offering optimism and possibility, despite herself.--Rupert Loydell Tears in the Fence.com Conversations spans nearly the entire latter half of di Prima's life. Throughout these interviews, she dispenses essential practical advice and invaluable lore, mixed with bits of frank gossip concerning matters such as poetry, alchemy, parenting, civics, personal relationships, astrology, and health.. . ., these interviews offer insightful glimpses into the life of a poet who maneuvered her way through the world's complexities in part by imagining them anew.--Patrick James Dunagan Rain Taxi

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David Stephen Calonne is senior lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. He is author of several works, including R. Crumb: Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self, published by University Press of Mississippi; William Saroyan: My Real Work Is Being; The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats; Diane di Prima: Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions; and biographies of Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller. Calonne is also editor of five volumes of uncollected Bukowski stories and essays as well as Conversations with Gary Snyder and Conversations with Allen Ginsberg, both published by University Press of Mississippi.

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