Description - Spring and Autumn Annals: A Celebration of the Seasons for Freddie by Diane Prima
- Never-before-published memoir written during di Prima's residence in early 60s New York City.
- An illuminating snapshot of a young, female, bohemian artist in Greenwich Village.
- di Prima was a gifted writer deeply entrenched in the Beat-era scene.
- City Lights will simultaneously publish a new expanded edition of di Prima's influential book of poetry, Revolutionary Letters.
- Both Spring and Summer Annals and Revolutionary Letters will be published on the one-year anniversary of di Prima's passing, October 2021.
- Spring and Summer Annals details di Prima's relationships with several well-known artists in New York including the dancer Freddie Herko, who performed in Andy Warhol's early films and was part of The Factory.
- Herko and di Prima were cultural pre-cursors to literary and artistic couples like Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith, setting the stage for their creative kin.
- The book also details di Prima's relationship with the revolutionary poet LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka).
- Spring and Summer offers a fascinating look into the legendary writer's process, which endures as a point of interest to readers and aspiring authors.
- Spring and Summer is a prequel of sorts to Revolutionary Letters, detailing di Prima's life choices, which she then wrote about in her classic revolutionary handbook.
- There is a huge interest in the cultural life of Lower Manhattan during this time period, especially through the eyes of the women who lived it. Examples include: the popularity of Patti's Smith's Just Kids; Ninth Street Women: Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art; and the Netflix series Pretend It's a City with Fran Lebowitz.
- Differs from Memoirs of a Beatnik as this book is based on di Prima's real lived experiences, while that title had many notable embellishments to help its marketability.
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