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Category Archives: Film
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
John Yau on “A Centenary Celebration” of Rudy Burckhardt
In “The Wonderful World of Rudy Burckhardt,” at Hyperallergic, John Yau reviews an exhibit of Burckhardt’s work, which is currently showing at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York (November 29, 2014–January 17, 2015). Although not as well-known as some … Continue reading
Posted in Art Exhibit, Edwin Denby, Film, John Yau, Kenneth Koch, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Visual Art, Willem de Kooning
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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
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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, Joe LeSueur, 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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John Ashbery and the Movies
I recently noted that the Los Angeles Review of Book‘s new series on “Poets at the Movies” borrows its title (“But What About the Soul?”) and raison d’etre from the movie-obsessed poetry of Frank O’Hara. Everyone knows about O’Hara’s passionate … Continue reading
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“Poets at the Movies” and the Spirit of Frank O’Hara (at Los Angeles Review of Books)
The Los Angeles Review of Books has just begun a series that they’re calling “But What About the Soul: Poets at the Movies.” Fans of Frank O’Hara will recognize the title, which comes from a line in “Ave Maria,” one of his best … Continue reading
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Andrew Epstein
Locus Solus: The New York School of Poets 