Who is Lawrence Ferlinghetti from A Coney Island of the Mind, Poems and what is their importance?

Poet, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is the author and narrator of this collection of poems. His poems reflect his opinions and beliefs about many aspects of society and the world. He explains that the title of the book, A Coney Island of the Mind, symbolizes a circus of the mind or soul, showing his frame of mind when he wrote these poems.