"the bite in the ribbon"
Stein, Plath, Hikmet, Hughes, di Prima, Nin, Crane
Gertrude Stein:
Sylvia Plath, Sept 2, 1958:
Nazim Hikmet (trans. Randy Blasing and Multu Konuk):
Langston Hughes:
Diane di Prima:
Diane di Prima recites poems in the Gas Light Cafe, New York, 1969
Photo by Fred W. McDarrah:
Anaïs Nin:
Hart Crane, March 2, 1926:
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