A report on Hettie Jones, Diane di Prima and Beat Generation
Diane di Prima (August 6, 1934October 25, 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement.
- Diane di PrimaShe has written twenty-three books that include a memoir of the Beat Generation, three volumes of poetry, and publications for children and young adults, including The Trees Stand Shining and Big Star Fallin' Mama: Five Women in Black Music.
- Hettie JonesHer first book of poetry, This Kind of Bird Flies Backward, was published in 1958 by Hettie Jones and LeRoi Jones' Totem Press.
- Diane di PrimaWhile still married to Hettie, he fathered a daughter, Dominique di Prima, with poet Diane DiPrima.
- Hettie JonesBeat Generation women who have been published include Edie Parker; Joyce Johnson; Carolyn Cassady; Hettie Jones; Joanne Kyger; Harriet Sohmers Zwerling; Diane DiPrima; and Ruth Weiss, who also made films.
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American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism.
While he was stationed in Puerto Rico, he worked at the base library, which allowed him ample reading time, and it was here that, inspired by Beat poets back in America, he began to write poetry.
In 1958 he married Hettie Cohen, with whom he had two daughters, Kellie Jones (b.
In cooperation with Corinth, Totem published books by LeRoi Jones and Diane di Prima, Ron Loewinsohn, Michael McClure, Charles Olson, Paul Blackburn, Frank O'Hara, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, Ed Dorn, Joel Oppenheimer and Gilbert Sorrentino and an anthology of four young female poets, Carol Berge, Barbara Moraff, Rochelle Owens, and Diane Wakoski.