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Ron Padgett talks about his Sundays with the New York Times
The New York Times has just posted a little feature on Ron Padgett, in conjunction with Jim Jarmusch’s new movie Paterson. As I noted recently, Padgett collaborated with his friend Jarmusch, composing poems for the movie: For the movie “Paterson,” about a poet … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Jim Jarmusch, Kenneth Koch, New York, Ron Padgett, Uncategorized
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Jim Jarmusch as “the Cinematic Extension of the New York School”
Paterson, the new movie by the celebrated indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, has been receiving a lot of buzz and praise ever since it debuted this summer at the Cannes Film Festival, “where it was feted as the best film the 63-year-old Jarmusch had … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Frank O'Hara, Jim Jarmusch, Kenneth Koch, Ron Padgett
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John and Elizabeth’s Excellent Adventure: Bishop and Ashbery
It’s well-known that Elizabeth Bishop was a major influence on John Ashbery and that he adored her work. The two poets even got to know … Continue reading
Posted in Elizabeth BIshop, Film, Influences on the NY School, John Ashbery
A. O. Scott on Kissing, the Movies, and Frank O’Hara
In his article “A Brief History of Kissing in Movies” in this upcoming Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, the film critic A. O. Scott argues that “movies have always been about sex and have always provided, under cover of harmless amusement, the tools … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Frank O'Hara
Alex Katz’s Birthday and “The New”
The Allen Ginsberg Project has a good, typically link-rich post up today in honor of the painter Alex Katz’s 87th birthday. (I’ve written before about Katz and his close ties to New York School poetry here and here). Among other things, it … Continue reading
“Lana Faints; In Hospital”: A Visual Footnote for Frank O’Hara’s “Poem (Lana Turner has collapsed)”
“Poem (Lana Turner has collapsed!)” is one of Frank O’Hara’s funniest and best-loved poems. With its campy treatment of a tabloid headline about a glamorous celebrity facing adversity, it’s often cited as an example of O’Hara’s embrace of pop culture … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Frank O'Hara, Poems, Robert Lowell
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“The kismet of this TV night”: Frank O’Hara on Television
In 2008, many Frank O’Hara fans were pleasantly surprised when his poetry was given a big cameo in the acclaimed television show Mad Men. But that wasn’t the last of O’Hara finding his way onto TV in recent years. A … Continue reading
Posted in David Shapiro, Film, Frank O'Hara, Jim Jarmusch, Kenneth Koch, Mad Men, Television
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