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# [A trail of words: Literary life in North Beach](https://www.readystatements.com/literary-life-in-north-beach)

The Beats and beyond. From Trieste to Vesuvio, The Godfather to The Dharma Bums, Coppola to Kerouac, take a poetic tour of Ready State’s San Francisco neighborhood.

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 By [Curt Hopkins, Managing Editor](https://www.readystatements.com/author/curt-hopkins-managing-editor)  |  May 12, 2016 

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