Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The Kitchen Sisters Present

The Kitchen Sisters & Radiotopia

Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

It’s February 23, 2021— and we’ve just received word that our dear friend and North Beach neighbor, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, has passed on at age 101.

In honor of Lawrence we’re sharing a story we produced for his 99th birthday, featuring the work of sound designer Jim McKee who, for more than 20 years, recorded and chronicled Lawrence’s life, poetry and world.

In this lushly produced soundscape, Lawrence talks about his youth, reads his poetry, and muses with his friend Erik Bauersfeld about life, death and the meaning of art.

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0:00.0	Radio to you.
0:02.2	Welcome to the Kitchen Sisters' presenter, PRX.
0:05.6	We are the Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva.
0:10.2	I'm Mo Raka, and I'm excited to announce season four
0:14.2	of my podcast, Mo Bituaries.
0:16.8	I've got a whole new bunch of stories
0:18.8	to share with you about the most fascinating people
0:21.9	and things who are no longer with us,
0:24.5	from famous figures who died on the very same day.
0:28.9	To the things I wish would die, like buffets, all that, and much more.
0:35.3	Listen to Mo Bituaries with Mo Raka, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:41.3	It's February 23rd, 2021, and we've just received word
0:49.3	that our dear friend and North Beach neighbor, Lawrence Verlingetti,
0:53.3	has passed on at age 101.
0:56.8	In honor of Lawrence, we're sharing a story
0:59.1	we produced for his 99th birthday,
1:01.5	featuring the work of sound designer Jim McKee,
1:04.6	who for the last 20 years has been recording
1:06.9	in chronicling Lawrence's life, poetry, and world.
1:15.2	I was conceived in the summer of 1918, or was it 38?
1:20.3	When some kind of war was going on,
1:23.1	but it didn't stop two people from making love
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