Diane DiPrima - Poet Laureate of San Francisco: Inaugural Address Haptic,
Haptic: Diane DiPrima, Poet Laureate, San Francisco, Inaugural Address, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library, February 2, 2010.
Wonderful primarily autobiographical talk with evocations of New York /America in the 50’s, and her arrival and life in 1960’s San Francisco, communal living, the Diggers, drugs, the Vietnam war, et al. A language dedicated to restoring and revisiting in lovely detail vital acreage in the City’s history. Plus proposals as to how she will use her poet position to participate in and involve all levels of the City from young children to seniors - readings and work shops. There she was looking regal sitting in a chair on the stage addressing the realm of all of us who - one way or other - serve the City’s muses!
