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Homework every night for the rest of your life
Filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan once said, “Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.” That’s the thing about
Tag : Frank O'hara
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The things themselves
So this is a bit spooky. All week I had in mind these marvellous final words from Lucille Clifton’s poem of grief and acceptance ‘The Death of
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Twist and reek
For several weeks before Christmas I had these words from Ian McMillan’s peerless ‘Stone, I Presume’ rattling around my head. During my
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John Ashbery’s typewriter installed at Harvard
John Ashbery dove head-first into poetry after arriving at Harvard in 1945. His biographer Karin Roffman described him as “a constant presence”
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John Ashbery’s typewriter installed at Harvard
John Ashbery dove head-first into poetry after arriving at Harvard in 1945. His biographer Karin Roffman described him as “a constant presence”
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John Ashbery’s typewriter installed at Harvard
John Ashbery dove head-first into poetry after arriving at Harvard in 1945. His biographer Karin Roffman described him as “a constant presence”
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Lunching with Frank O’Hara
“I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love.” ~ Frank O’Hara Lunch hour! Let’s step into Frank O’Hara’s shoes as he
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Chase Scene
At Market I turn right and head towards Castro. A gym has moved its machines onto the sidewalk. Friday afternoon, less than a week into our second
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Lee Harwood: 1939 – 2015
I first came across Lee Harwood’s work in the 19th of the excellent Penguin Modern Poets series, purchased in 1971 when I was teaching English and
Parallel Movement of the Hands by John Ashbery (Carcanet Press)
This, first off, is a work of posthumous reconstruction of five coherent but unfinished pieces at various levels of progression that Ashbery’s
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Ferlinghetti and Rosset: Censorship-Battling Superheroes
Our neighborhoods are not only places where great literature was written. It’s also where great literature was published, sometimes at great legal
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Irish American Heritage Permeates #SouthOfUnionSquare
The neighborhood south of Union Square, for which Village Preservation is advocating expanded landmark protections, holds a uniquely rich and dynamic
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Poetry as a short circuit in the machine of communication—Lidudumalingani talks to Simon van Schalkwyk about his debut collection, Transcontinental Delay
Guest City Editor Lidudumalingani talks to Academic Editor Simon van Schalkwyk about identity, memory, psychogeography, and his new poetry
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THE RELEVANT QUEER: Artist, Musician & Filmmaker Larry Rivers, Born August 17, 1923
Larry Rivers (R) with Uncle Herb Genis, they were in a band together when they were about 16 years old. Photo unknown “I go from this to that, and
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THE RELEVANT QUEER: Artist, Musician & Filmmaker Larry Rivers, Born August 17, 1923
Larry Rivers, circa 1950s. Photo Walt Silver, The New York Public Library Collection “Sometimes I don’t think I take myself seriously enough.