Undeniably the most well-known female Beat poet, Diane di Prima was born in Brooklyn, a second-generation American of Italian descent, and granddaughter of Domenico Mallozzi, a well-known anarchist. She began her life as a poet at age 14. She attended Swarthmore College, later moving to Greenwich Village to become part of the Bohemian intellectual culture: well-educated, white, middle-class individuals who led rebellious lifestyles, including sexual freedom and the use of drugs. Di Prima began a...
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