Comments on: 16-year-old Cari is pretty giddy about this http://fromutopia.com/?p=4056 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:53:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Catherine http://fromutopia.com/?p=4056&cpage=1#comment-49108 Catherine Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:48:03 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=4056#comment-49108 My 16-year-old self had, not a crush, but a fierce interest in Ferlinghetti. Through an essay of his I moved backwards in time to Hopkins ("shining like shook foil") and the idea of the artist as sufferer. Ferlinghetti was almost fatherly, appreciated again in the late 60s, riding the accessibility of "Coney Island" into a lather. Looking at it again I wonder if it had a less accessible title we would be thinking of it now. "A Far Rockaway of the Heart" indeed. Thank you for the stroll into the past. My 16-year-old self had, not a crush, but a fierce interest in Ferlinghetti. Through an essay of his I moved backwards in time to Hopkins (”shining like shook foil”) and the idea of the artist as sufferer. Ferlinghetti was almost fatherly, appreciated again in the late 60s, riding the accessibility of “Coney Island” into a lather. Looking at it again I wonder if it had a less accessible title we would be thinking of it now. “A Far Rockaway of the Heart” indeed. Thank you for the stroll into the past.

]]> By: Tim B. http://fromutopia.com/?p=4056&cpage=1#comment-48812 Tim B. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:31:42 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=4056#comment-48812 Hey...thanks for the link. I like your comments on the beats. I agree. Hey…thanks for the link. I like your comments on the beats. I agree.

]]> By: Katie http://fromutopia.com/?p=4056&cpage=1#comment-48800 Katie Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:38:19 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=4056#comment-48800 I'm trying to remember what I was obsessed with when I was 16. Bauhaus and anarchist punk bands like CRASS and also the Romantic era poets and Camus. God, I was a twit. Kerouac used to bug me, but I do like him now. I told you about the crazy old math dude and how he used to live downstairs from Ginsburg, right? I’m trying to remember what I was obsessed with when I was 16. Bauhaus and anarchist punk bands like CRASS and also the Romantic era poets and Camus. God, I was a twit.

Kerouac used to bug me, but I do like him now. I told you about the crazy old math dude and how he used to live downstairs from Ginsburg, right?

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