A report on Philip Lamantia
American poet and lecturer.
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Beat Generation
5 linksLiterary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Philip Whalen, Ginsberg and Gary Snyder read on October 7, 1955, before 100 people (including Kerouac, up from Mexico City).
City Lights Bookstore
4 linksIndependent bookstore-publisher combination in San Francisco, California, that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics.
Independent bookstore-publisher combination in San Francisco, California, that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics.
He first used City Lights, in homage to the Chaplin film, in 1952 as the title of a magazine, publishing early work by such key Bay Area writers as Philip Lamantia, Pauline Kael, Jack Spicer, Robert Duncan, and Ferlinghetti himself, as "Lawrence Ferling".
Howl (poem)
4 linksPoem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1954–1955 and published in his 1956 collection Howl and Other Poems.
Poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1954–1955 and published in his 1956 collection Howl and Other Poems.
Ginsberg was ultimately responsible for inviting the readers (Gary Snyder, Philip Lamantia, Philip Whalen, Michael McClure and Kenneth Rexroth) and writing the invitation.
Allen Ginsberg
5 linksAmerican poet and writer.
American poet and writer.
Philip Lamantia introduced him to other Surrealists and Surrealism continued to be an influence (for example, sections of "Kaddish" were inspired by André Breton's Free Union).
Six Gallery reading
3 linksImportant poetry event that took place on Friday, October 7, 1955, at 3119 Fillmore Street in San Francisco.
Important poetry event that took place on Friday, October 7, 1955, at 3119 Fillmore Street in San Francisco.
At the reading, five talented young poets—Allen Ginsberg, Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen—who until then were known mainly within a close company of friends and other writers (such as Lionel Trilling and William Carlos Williams), presented some of their latest works.
Surrealism
4 linksCultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself.
Cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself.
Philip Lamantia and Ted Joans are often categorized as both Beat and Surrealist writers.
View (magazine)
1 linksAmerican literary and art magazine published from 1940 to 1947 by artist and writer Charles Henri Ford, and writer and film critic Parker Tyler.
American literary and art magazine published from 1940 to 1947 by artist and writer Charles Henri Ford, and writer and film critic Parker Tyler.
It attracted contributions from writers like Wallace Stevens, an interview with whom was featured in the first number of View, William Carlos Williams, Joseph Cornell, Edouard Roditi, Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, Paul Bowles, Brion Gysin, Philip Lamantia, Paul Goodman, Marshall McLuhan, André Breton, Raymond Roussel, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Genet or Jorge Luis Borges and artists like Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Fernand Léger, Georgia O'Keeffe, Man Ray, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Isamu Noguchi, Marc Chagall, René Magritte and Jean Dubuffet (Surrealism in Belgium, Dec. 1946).
VVV (magazine)
1 linksMagazine devoted to the dissemination of Surrealism published in New York City from 1942 through 1944.
Magazine devoted to the dissemination of Surrealism published in New York City from 1942 through 1944.
VVV's editorial board also enlisted a number of associated thinkers and artists, including Aimé Césaire, Philip Lamantia, and Robert Motherwell.
At Land
0 links15-minute silent experimental film written, directed by, and starring Maya Deren.
15-minute silent experimental film written, directed by, and starring Maya Deren.
A man (played by American surrealist poet Philip Lamantia at age 17) begins to talk with her, and as they walk he turns into three other men: first Parker Tyler, then artist and composer John Cage, and finally Alexander Hammid (Deren's real-life husband).
Excelsior District, San Francisco
0 linksNeighborhood in San Francisco, California.
Neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
Surrealist poet Philip Lamantia