Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti laments changing San Francisco

Name: Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti laments changing San Francisco
Uploaded: 2015-03-24T23:57:02Z
Duration: P292S
Description: Ninety-six-year-old Lawrence Ferlinghetti settled in San Francisco in the 1950s, where he opened the City Lights bookshop and publishing house. But today San Francisco is better known as a central hub of the tech boom than of countercultural creativity. Jeffrey Brown offers a look at how the poet sees his changing city.

Clip: 03/24/2015 | 4m 52s

Ninety-six-year-old Lawrence Ferlinghetti settled in San Francisco in the 1950s, where he opened the City Lights bookshop and publishing house. But today San Francisco is better known as a central hub of the tech boom than of countercultural creativity. Jeffrey Brown offers a look at how the poet sees his changing city.

Aired: 03/24/15

Rating: NR

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