Category Archives: Andrew Sean Greer

Frank O’Hara, Zadie Smith, Sally Rooney – O’Hara’s Presence in Contemporary British and Irish Fiction

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Andrew Epstein

  Fiction writers from the UK and Ireland seem to be having a Frank O’Hara moment. I wrote about this trend a couple years ago, after noticing that the titles of two books by young British women — Emma Jane … Continue reading →

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Andrew Sean Greer’s “It’s a Summer’s Day” and Echoes of Frank O’Hara

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Andrew Epstein

                        In this week’s New Yorker, there is a story by Andrew Sean Greer which quietly takes its title from a poem by Frank O’Hara.  Oddly enough, this isn’t … Continue reading →

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