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Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years
by di Prima, Diane
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0670851663
- ISBN 13
- 9780670851669
- Seller
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Livingston, Montana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Octavo (23.5 cm), pp. 424. Red boards with black quarter cloth and gilt spine titling. Photo-illustrated jacket. Minor bumping and edge wear to boards and jacket, else fine. The first 30 years in the life of a vital poet of the Beat era and beyond.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36416
- Title
- Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years
- Author
- di Prima, Diane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670851663
- ISBN 13
- 9780670851669
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Memoir;
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Elk River Books
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Livingston, Montana
About Elk River Books
Elk River Books offers a curated selection of used and collectible books, specializing in outdoor literature, western history and authors from the Rocky Mountain West.
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