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Roundup of Recent “New York School of Poetry” News and Links (5/16/18)
Here’s the latest roundup of recent links, new publications, and news related to the New York School of poets. (For my most recent roundup, see here). – They Knew What They Wanted, the gorgeous new collection of John Ashbery’s collages … Continue reading
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The Time John Ashbery Did a “Screen Test” for Andy Warhol
Over the last several weeks since John Ashbery passed away, we have seen a flood of moving tributes, memorials, personal memoirs, and re-assessments, including even some reflections on the poet “in all his hunky glory,” as the title of a surprising … Continue reading
The Time Marisol Got in a Brawl with John Ashbery and Ripped Off Frank O’Hara’s Shirt
As the New York Times reported earlier this week, “Marisol, a Venezuelan-American artist who fused Pop Art imagery and folk art in assemblages and sculptures that, together with her mysterious, Garboesque persona, made her one of the most compelling artists on the New … Continue reading
New York School Sons (to Delmore Schwartz)
The New Yorker has posted a piece by John Ashbery on the writer Delmore Schwartz. The essay, which Ashbery first gave as a talk in Japan in 1996, has not been easily accessible in print until now, but it will apparently … Continue reading
John Perreault, “Polyartist” of the New York School (1937-2015)
The New York Times reports today that the poet, artist, and art critic John Perreault has passed away, at the age of 78. In Terence Diggory’s Encyclopedia of the New York School Poets, Perreault is described as “an emblematic figure … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Warhol, Bernadette Mayer, John Ashbery, John Perreault, Kenneth Koch, Visual Art, Vito Acconci
The New York School, and more, in Louisville
I’ve just gotten back from the very fun and stimulating Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900 (directed by the esteemed poetry scholar Alan Golding) which, this year at least, amply demonstrated that scholarly work devoted to the poets of the New York School … Continue reading
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