Excerpt from "Revolutionary Letter #8"
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NO ONE WAY WORKS, it will take all of us
shoving at the thing from all sides
to bring it down.
— Diane di Prima
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "NO ONE WAY WORKS, it will take all of us
shoving at the thing from all sides
to bring it down." in the context of "Excerpt from "Revolutionary Letter #8"" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Diane di Prima
Diane di Prima (6 August 1934 – 25 October 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. Her magnum opus is widely considered to be Loba, a collection of poems first published in 1978 then extended in 1998.
About Diane di Prima
Diane di Prima (6 August 1934 – 25 October 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. Her magnum opus is widely considered to be Loba, a collection of poems first published in 1978 then extended in 1998.
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