Memoirs of a Beatnik
- ISBN-10
- 0714530751
- ISBN-13
- 9780714530758
- Category
- Beat generation
- Pages
- 194
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers
- Author
- Diane di Prima
Description
Memoirs of a Beatnik is an account of a young artist coming of age sensually and intellectually. The book grew out of the author's own experience as a bold and independent woman who dropped out of college at the age of 18 in order to write.
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