loss of temper no problem
               arrogance no problem
               boxes of empty beer cans &
               wine bottles no problem
               thousands of styrofoam cups
               no problem
               Gregory Corso no problem
               Allen Ginsberg no problem
               Diane di Prima no problem
               Anne Waldman's veins no
               problem


 	            "No Problem Party Poem"

Diane di Prima, Bob Dylan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Michael McClure, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder, Leon Tabory, Anne Waldman, Lew Welch, ruth weiss, Philip Whalen"> born August 6, 1934, in New York, N.Y., is an American poet whose work has been identified with the Beat Generation. Her education included attendance at Swarthmore College from 1951 to 1953.

In addition to writing poetry, Di Prima's career has included the following editorial positions: co-editor with Le Roi Jones (Imamu Amiri Baraka) of Floating Bear (1961-1963) and later sole editor from 1963-1969; contributing editor to Kulchur (1960-1961); associate editor of Signal Magazine (1963-1965); publisher and editor of The Poets Press, New York (1964-1969); and editor and publisher of Eidolon Editions, Point Reyes, California (1972-1976). She has also been associated with the Wingbow Press, Berkeley, California and an instructor at the Naropa Institute (1974- ) and the New College of California (1979- ). Di Prima was also a co-founder of the American Theatre for Poets.

• Diane di Prima at the Cosmic Baseball Association
• Diane di Prima Papers Housed at the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, William F. Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville

• BRASS FURNACE GOING OUT: Song, after an Abortion
• Diane di Prima Interview housed at Media Parts

• Memoirs of a Beatnik; Diane Di Prima; Paperback; $8.05
• Pieces of a Song : Selected Poems; Diane Di Prima; Paperback; $11.65
• Dinners and Nightmares; Diane di Prima, Bob Dylan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Michael McClure, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder, Leon Tabory, Anne Waldman, Lew Welch, ruth weiss, Philip Whalen"> Terry Carr; Paperback; $12.95 (Special Order)
• Seminary Poems; Diane Di Prima; Paperback; $7.85 (Special Order)

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