A 60-Year Literary Bromance

The partnership between poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti (97) and agent Sterling Lord (almost 96), two towering legends in the publishing world, traces back to the heady, early days of the Beat movement, when a literary and cultural revolution was ignited by a band of iconoclastic writers.

Though neither of them can recall precisely when they first met, their long association dates from the 1950s, when they became acquainted through Jack Kerouac, one of Mr. Lord’s first clients. Over the years, as many of the writers they knew have died, they’ve formed even more of a kinship.

From “A Literary Bromance, Now in Its Sixth Decade” by Alexandra Alter for the New York Times, 2016; Photo of Ferlinghetti by Brian Flaherty

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