Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Enduring San Francisco

A few weeks ago, I reached out to Mr. Ferlinghetti, explaining that I was coming out to the city to write about him and about his San Francisco — that is, about the places that have meant something to him. William S. Burroughs, the author of “Naked Lunch,” is the most undervalued Beat-era writer, Mr. Ferlinghetti told me. “Dylan was first of all a poet,” Mr. Ferlinghetti said.

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