{"product_id":"conversations-with-diane-di-prima-paperback","title":"Conversations with Diane Di Prima - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Stephen Calonne\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiane di Prima (1934-2020) was one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century, and her career is distinguished by strong contributions to both literature and social justice. Di Prima and LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) edited \u003ci\u003eThe Floating Bear\u003c\/i\u003e (1962-69), one of the most significant underground publications of the sixties. Di Prima's poetry and prose chronicle her opposition to the Vietnam War; her advocacy of the rights of Blacks, Native Americans, and the LGBTQ community; her concern about environmental issues; and her commitment to creating a world free of exploitation and poverty. In addition, di Prima is significant due to her challenges to the roles that American women were expected to play in society. Her \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of a Beatnik\u003c\/i\u003e was a sensation, and she talks about its lasting impact as well. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eConversations with Diane di Prima\u003c\/i\u003e presents twenty interviews ranging from 1972 to 2010 that chart di Prima's intellectual, spiritual, and political evolution. From her adolescence, di Prima was fascinated by occult, esoteric, and magical philosophies. In these interviews readers can see the ways these concepts influenced both her personal life and her poetry and prose. We are able to view di Prima's life course from her year at Swarthmore College; her move back to New York and then to San Francisco; her studies of Zen Buddhism; her fascination with the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e, Paracelsus, John Dee, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, alchemy, Tarot, and Kabbalah; and her later engagement with Tibetan Buddhism and work with Chögyam Trungpa. Another particularly interesting aspect of the book is the inclusion of interviews that explore di Prima's career as an independent publisher--she founded Poets Press in New York and Eidolon Editions in California--and her commitment to promoting writers such as Audre Lorde. Taken together, these interviews reveal di Prima as both a writer of genius and an intensely honest, direct, passionate, and committed advocate of a revolution in consciousness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Stephen Calonne \u003c\/b\u003eis senior lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. He is author of several works, including \u003ci\u003eR. Crumb: Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self\u003c\/i\u003e, published by University Press of Mississippi; \u003ci\u003eWilliam Saroyan: My Real Work Is Being\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Spiritual Imagination of the Beats\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDiane di Prima: Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions\u003c\/i\u003e; and biographies of Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller. Calonne is also editor of five volumes of uncollected Bukowski stories and essays as well as \u003ci\u003eConversations with Gary Snyder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConversations with Allen Ginsberg\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186492391673,"sku":"9781496839671","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/V3NWekRsWmNWRUhiTzNHNlI0S0lBdz09.webp?v=1767841566","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/conversations-with-diane-di-prima-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}