![]() ![]() We are able to view di Prima’s life course from her year at Swarthmore College her move back to New York and then to San Francisco her studies of Zen Buddhism her fascination with the I Ching, Paracelsus, John Dee, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, alchemy, Tarot, and Kabbalah and her later engagement with Tibetan Buddhism and work with Chögyam Trungpa. ![]() In these interviews readers can see the ways these concepts influenced both her personal life and her poetry and prose. From her adolescence, di Prima was fascinated by occult, esoteric, and magical philosophies. Her Memoirs of a Beatnik was a sensation, and she talks about its lasting impact as well.Ĭonversations with Diane di Prima presents twenty interviews ranging from 1972 to 2010 that chart di Prima’s intellectual, spiritual, and political evolution. In addition, di Prima is significant due to her challenges to the roles that American women were expected to play in society. ![]() Di Prima’s poetry and prose chronicle her opposition to the Vietnam War her advocacy of the rights of Blacks, Native Americans, and the LGBTQ community her concern about environmental issues and her commitment to creating a world free of exploitation and poverty. Di Prima and LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) edited The Floating Bear (1962–69), one of the most significant underground publications of the sixties. Diane di Prima (1934–2020) was one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century, and her career is distinguished by strong contributions to both literature and social justice. ![]()
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