San Francisco, CA: Sam Silver, 1976. Original Photograph. Single Sheet. “The original core group of those who came up with the idea and began to act on it were [Lawrence] Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), [Neeli] Cherkovski (1945-2024), Peter LeBlanc (b. 1930) and myself. Over time others became part of the organizing dynamic in one way or another…Neeli was the bullhorn, the provocateur, for the event—talking up the idea and later doing PR..... More

San Francisco, CA: Sam Silver, 1976. Original Developed Photographic Print. Single Sheet. “The original core group of those who came up with the idea and began to act on it were [Lawrence] Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), [Neeli] Cherkovski (1945-2024), Peter LeBlanc (b. 1930) and myself. Over time others became part of the organizing dynamic in one way or another…Neeli was the bullhorn, the provocateur, for the event—talking up the idea and later..... More

San Francisco, CA: Sam Silver, 1976. Original Photograph. Signed at verso by photographer Sam Silver. “…Lawrence [Ferlinghetti] was sort of the figurehead for the festival by being its “editor” during the process of creating a list of headliners. I was the nuts-&-bolts man. The workhorse doing the daily business of setting things in motion, making schedules, contacting poets, bringing necessary assistants onboard, etc. I was also the “businessman” of the..... More

San Francisco, CA: Sam Silver, 1976. Original Photograph. Single Sheet. “The original core group of those who came up with the idea and began to act on it were [Lawrence] Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), [Neeli] Cherkovski (1945-2024), Peter LeBlanc (b. 1930) and myself. Over time others became part of the organizing dynamic in one way or another…Neeli was the bullhorn, the provocateur, for the event—talking up the idea and later doing PR..... More

San Francisco, CA: Sam Silver, 1976. Original Photograph. “Barbara Alexander Szerlip was in San Francisco during the 1970s having just come from a stint as a student of [Kenneth] Rexroth’s at UCSB. She lived in a cottage on his property during her senior year in college and spent much time with Rexroth, having had full access to his extraordinary library. Some mentorship, this! Which served her in good stead, as..... More