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Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years (SIGNED)
by di Prima, Diane
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670851663
- ISBN 13
- 9780670851669
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Viking / Penguin Group, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 423 pages, 8vo. SIGNED by the author on half-title page: "Diane di Prima. April 24, 2001. City Lights, San Francisco". First Printing, with intact number line ending in the number 1. Shelfwear to DJ: light scuffing along edges and covers, light fading along edges. DJ in mylar. Light fading along cloth board edges. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition..
Synopsis
In Recollections of My Life as a Woman , Diane di Prima explores the first three decades of her extraordinary life. Born into a conservative Italian American family, di Prima grew up in Brooklyn but broke away from her roots to follow through on a lifelong commitment to become a poet, first made when she was in high school. Immersing herself in Manhattan's early 1950s Bohemia, di Prima quickly emerged as a renowned poet, an influential editor, and a single mother at a time when this was unheard of. Vividly chronicling the intense, creative cauldron of those years, she recounts her revolutionary relationships and sexuality, and how her experimentation led her to define herself as a woman. What emerges is a fascinating narrative about the courage and triumph of the imagination, and how one woman discovered her role in the world.
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- Bookseller
- Russian Hill Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 063263
- Title
- Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years (SIGNED)
- Author
- di Prima, Diane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670851663
- ISBN 13
- 9780670851669
- Publisher
- Viking / Penguin Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- DIANE DI PRIMA BEAT POET
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About Russian Hill Bookstore
Russian Hill Bookstore, established in 1974, is one of the last family-owned used and new bookstores in San Francisco. We began as Sunset Bookstore in 1974, a small used bookshop servicing the Sunset District west of 19th Avenue, and have been in continual operation for the past 43 years. Over the years Sunset Bookstore has since closed and merged with Russian Hill Bookstore, which has grown to become also the best note card shop in the city, and a favorite place for toys and games for children of all ages.
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