{"product_id":"preserving-fire-selected-prose-paperback","title":"Preserving Fire: Selected Prose - 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\u003ePhilip Lamantia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGarrett Caples\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Philip was a visionary like Blake, and he really saw the whole world in a grain of sand.\" --Lawrence Ferlinghetti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An inspired consciousness set at full tilt in raging protest, kisses, prayers, blessings, and outraged demands. All from the deepest silence and farthest travel.\" --Michael McClure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreserving Fire \u003c\/em\u003erecounts the life and thought of the Surrealist, Beat Generation, and San Francisco Renaissance poet Philip Lamantia through his fugitive prose works. Ranging from poetry to politics to mythology to dance, from manifestos to travelogues to wartime declarations of conscientious objection, these writings, expertly collected by friend and longtime City Lights editor Garrett Caples, offer a dynamic picture of Lamantia's multifaceted intellectual life and the artistic movements he helped shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Lamantia \u003c\/strong\u003e(1927-2005) was an influential Surrealist, Beat, and San Francisco Renaissance poet. He is the author of many books, including \u003cem\u003eErotic Poems, Touch of the Marvelous, Meadowlark West, Tau and Journey to the End\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGarrett Caples \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of many books, most recently \u003cem\u003ePower Ballads \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eRetrievals\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia \u003c\/em\u003eand is an editor at City Lights Books, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Lamantia (1927-2005) was an influential Surrealist, Beat, and San Francisco Renaissance poet. He is the author of many books, including \u003cem\u003eErotic Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTouch of the Marvelous\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMeadowlark West\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTau and Journey to the End\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eGarrett Caples is the author of \u003cem\u003ePower Ballads\u003c\/em\u003e (Wave Books, 2016), \u003cem\u003eRetrievals\u003c\/em\u003e (Wave Books, 2014), \u003cem\u003eThe Garrett Caples Reader\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), \u003cem\u003eComplications\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), and \u003cem\u003eQuintessence of the Minor\u003c\/em\u003e (Wave Books, 2010). He is the editor of \u003cem\u003ePreserving Fire: Selected Prose\u003c\/em\u003e (Wave Books, 2018) by Philip Lamantia, and the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), \u003cem\u003eParticulars of Place\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) by Richard O. Moore, and \u003cem\u003eIncidents of Travel in Poetry: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) by Frank Lima. He is an editor at City Lights Books and curates the Spotlight Poetry Series there. He was also a contributing writer to the \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e. He has written articles and blogged for the Poetry Foundation and occasionally blogs for blogcitylights.com. He has a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.7 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48457614360825,"sku":"9781940696706","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/weFNP_20J19781940696706.webp?v=1780085876","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/preserving-fire-selected-prose-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}