{"product_id":"spring-and-autumn-annals-a-celebration-of-the-seasons-for-freddie","title":"Spring and Autumn Annals: A Celebration of the Seasons for Freddie","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSpring and Autumn Annals: A Celebration of the Seasons for Freddie\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDiane Di Prima\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780872868809\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCity Lights Publishers\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe Millions'\u003c\/em\u003e Most Anticipated Books of 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLyrical and unforgettable, part elegy and part memoir, we present a previously unpublished masterpiece from the Beat Generation icon. Simultaneously released with an expanded edition of di Prima's classic \u003cem\u003eRevolutionary Letters\u003c\/em\u003e on the one-year anniversary of her passing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the autumn of 1964, Diane di Prima was a young poet living in New York when her dearest friend, dancer, choreographer, and Warhol Factory member, Freddie Herko, leapt from the window of a Greenwich Village apartment to a sudden, dramatic, and tragic death at the age of 29. In her shock and grief, di Prima began a daily practice of writing to Freddie. For a year, she would go to her study each day, light a stick of incense, and type furiously until it burned itself out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrative ranges over the decade from 1954--the year di Prima and Herko first met--to 1965, with occasional forays into di Prima's memories of growing up in Brooklyn. Lyrical, elegant, and nakedly honest, \u003cem\u003eSpring and Autumn Annals\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving tribute to a friendship, and to the extraordinary innovation and accomplishments of the period. Masterfully observed and passionately recorded, it offers a uniquely American portrait of the artist as a young woman in the heyday of bohemian New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eSpring and Autumn Annals\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is a treasure. Moving between the East Village, San Francisco, Topanga Canyon and Stinson Beach with young children, di Prima's life is unbelievably rich. She studies Greek, writes, prepares dinners and feasts, and co-edits \u003cem\u003eFloating Bear\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. Diane di Prima is one of the greatest writers of her generation, and this book offers a window into its lives.--\u003cstrong\u003eChris Kraus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExtolled by a writer who radically devoted herself to the experiential truth of beauty and intellect, in poverty and grace, in independent digni\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"City Lights Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Spring and Autumn Annals: A Celebration of the Seasons for Freddie | Diane Di Prima | Quality | 9780872868809 | New | Memoir 1286896","offer_id":50550632382722,"sku":"1286896","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/41j8W5zWRSL.jpg?v=1790470877","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/spring-and-autumn-annals-a-celebration-of-the-seasons-for-freddie","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}