Views & Voices is a series of brief and personal responses to works of art and film selected by BAMPFA staff who work in different departments . . . some, by UC Berkeley students as well. At a time of distance, these commentaries are designed to bring you closer both to individual people behind BAMPFA and to individual works in our collections. We hope you'll enjoy hearing these personal views. Here, Delphine Sims, a PhD candidate in UC Berkeley’s History of Art Department, reflects on photographer James Oliver Mitchell’s multivalent portrait of Beat-era poet Diane di Prima.