For Lawrence Ferlinghetti, living to be 100 is no fun. Speaking from his home in San Francisco recently, Ferlinghetti said he’s practically blind now — he can’t read, and he’s skipping his big birthday bash at the bookstore he co-founded, City Lights in San Francisco. “They’re going to have quite a celebration,” he says. “But I won’t be there. It’s no use, my appearing in public, because I couldn’t speak. I mean, I could speak,…
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