Remembering Lawrence Ferlinghetti at UNC

Posted Apr 13, 2021
Before Lawrence Ferlinghetti was an esteemed poet, publisher and owner of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, he attended UNC, worked for The DTH and pursued a journalism degree. Ferlinghetti died on Feb. 22. He is remembered across the country for his work nurturing the Beat poet movement. But he notably got his start writing at UNC. (Daily Tar Heel)

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