Bridgeport Book Fest

Lawrence Ferlinghetti. A hero to and for words and thought. Poet activist. Poetry incarnate.

Opinion: Lawrence Ferlinghetti was the hive and the honey Lawrence Ferlinghetti was the center of a literary revolution, says poet Tess Taylor. As a poet, the founder of a bookstore that democratized literature and a press that fought for free speech, Ferlinghetti was the crux of an ecosystem of poetry and culture that fostered generations of voices, inclu...

Jill Biden Closes ALA Midwinter Virtual 2021 | American Libraries Magazine US First Lady Jill Biden was the Closing Session speaker at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits Virtual on January 25, with special guest Amanda Gorman, youth poet laureate.