WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS AND FERLINGHETTI, 1981. PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER FELVER, FROM BEAT (LAST GASP, 2007).

FERLINGHETTI OUTSIDE CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE, 1981. PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER FELVER, FROM BEAT (LAST GASP, 2007).

UNTITLED, 2007, BY LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI. COURTESY OF CHRISTOPHER FELVER, FROM BEAT (LAST GASP, 2007).

MICHAEL McCLURE, BOB DYLAN, ALLEN GISBERG, JULIUS ORLOVSKI, AND FERLINGHETTI, BEHIND CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE, 1965. PHOTO: DALE SMITH

ALLEN GINSBERG, FERLINGHETTI, AND NANCY PETERS, 1981. PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER FELVER, FROM BEAT (LAST GASP, 2007).

LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI IN SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST 2012. ALL COLTHING: FERLINGHETTI'S OWN