Category Archives: John Ashbery

Look What They’ve Done to The San Remo

Posted on May 5, 2017 by

There is no shortage of opportunities to feel nostalgic for the good old days when rents were cheap, bars were smoky and filled with intellectual chatter, Kafka was the rage, and New York was a haven for rebellious artists.  Nor do you … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara Guest, Beats, Frank O'Hara, Jack Kerouac, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, New York, William S. Burroughs | Leave a comment

Harry Mathews (1930-2017) and the New York School of Poets

Posted on January 28, 2017 by

Very sad news for lovers of the New York School and contemporary literature: the novelist and poet Harry Mathews passed away this week at the age of 86.  Mathews is best-known as an experimental fiction writer who was one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara Guest, French poetry, Harry Mathews, James Schuyler, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Locus Solus, Raymond Roussel, Uncategorized, William S. Burroughs | Leave a comment

Stephen Burt’s “The Poem Is You” and John Ashbery’s Invitation to the Reader

Posted on October 24, 2016 by

                                                   Stephen Burt’s expansive new book, The Poem is You: Sixty Contemporary American Poems and How to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernadette Mayer, John Ashbery, John Yau, Stephen Burt, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

On Ashes’s Birthday — Frank O’Hara Writes “To John Ashbery”

Posted on July 28, 2016 by

  Today is John Ashbery’s 89th birthday, and for the occasion, here are two poems Ashbery’s close friend Frank O’Hara wrote for him over 60 years ago. Over the nearly twenty years of their friendship, O’Hara wrote many poems dedicated to … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Poems, Uncategorized

James Schuyler’s “June 30, 1974” and the Poetics of Everyday Life

Posted on June 30, 2016 by

In honor of today’s date, I thought I’d post “June 30, 1974,” a poem by James Schuyler which was written 42 years ago today.  The poem describes an early summer morning in the Hamptons at the home of his close friend, … Continue reading →

Posted in Criticism, Fairfield Porter, James Schuyler, Jane Freilicher, John Ashbery, Poems, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Bill Berkson (1939-2016) and Frank O’Hara: “Bill’s School of New York”

Posted on June 17, 2016 by

Yesterday brought the very sad news that the poet and art critic Bill Berkson had passed away at the age of 76.  Berkson was of course of central importance to the New York School and its legacy, and over the coming days and months there … Continue reading →

Posted in Allen Ginsberg, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Bill Berkson, David Shapiro, Frank O'Hara, In Memoriam, James Schuyler, Joe LeSueur, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Pierre Reverdy, Ron Padgett, Uncategorized, Willem de Kooning | 1 Comment

James Schuyler Recalls Reading Ulysses in High School

Posted on June 16, 2016 by

Today is of course Bloomsday — the international celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses — and a year ago I posted about Frank O’Hara’s passionate attachment to Joyce and his epic novel.  This year, I thought I’d post another example of the powerful influence Joyce had … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank O'Hara, James Joyce, James Schuyler, John Ashbery, Uncategorized