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One of the most prominent woman poets of the Beat movement early in her life as poet, Di Prima later co-founded the literary magazine The Floating Bear with Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), which was published throughout the sixties and is "the bear" to which Merton refers in his letter.
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1967/12/13 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Yesterday big event: in floated the bear. It does not always get to me, because the finks here |
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The Floating Bear / asking contributions from Di Prima for Monks Pond
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