This collection of recent poems is graced with a short introduction by the poet in which he says, "All I ever wanted to do was to paint light on the walls of life." For more than fifty years Ferlinghetti has been doing just thatilluminating both the everyday and the unusual, all the while keeping true to his original dictum of speaking in a way accessible to everyone. He has been, and remains, "One of our ageless radicals and true bards" (Booklist) and his voice is well-known in many places around the world. He was one of the two American poets (the other being John Ashbery) chosen to participate in the 2001 Celebration of UNESCO's World Poetry Day in Delphi, Greece, where he along with his international confreres each poetically addressed the Oracle.

"How to Paint Sunlight" is Ferlinghetti's 14th book of poems, and his other works include "Coney Island of the Mind", "A Far Rockaway of the Heart" and "Starting from San Francisco".

About the Author
In 1953 Lawrence Ferlinghetti cofounded City Lights, the first paperback bookstore in the United States, a Mecca for millions. His Coney Island of the Mind is one of the best-selling volumes of poetry by any living American poet. Born in Yonkers, New York, in 1919, Ferlinghetti has received the Robert Frost Memorial Medal and the first Literarian Award of the National Book Foundation.


Book Information
ISBN 9780811215213
Author Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation
Weight(grams) 127g
Dimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm * 10mm