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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Di Prima, Diane, 1934-

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 1 item(s); 1 pg(s)

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Biography

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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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/12/13 TL[c]from MertonYesterday big event: in floated the bear. It does not always get to me, because the finks here  <u>The Floating Bear</u> / asking contributions from Di Prima for <u>Monks Pond</u>
        

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