Category Archives: John Cage

Roundup of Recent “New York School of Poetry” News and Links (4/4/21)

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Andrew Epstein

I know it has been awfully quiet around here at Locus Solus over the past few months. A combination of pandemic craziness and being in the last stages of a long-term project has resulted in my needing to take a … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract Expressionism, Alice Notley, Barbara Guest, Brian Glavey, Diane Di Prima, Dick Gallup, Frank O'Hara, Grace Hartigan, Harry Mathews, Helen Frankenthaler, In Memoriam, Influences on the NY School, James Schuyler, Joe Brainard, John Ashbery, John Cage, John Wieners, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Lewis Warsh, Marisol, Max Jacob, Music, NY School Influence, Ron Padgett, Roundup, Ted Berrigan, Visual Art | 4 Comments

Roundup of Recent “New York School of Poetry” News and Links (1/20/20)

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Andrew Epstein

Here’s the latest roundup of some recent links, new publications, and news related to the New York School of poets. (Previous roundups can be found here). — For The Rambling, literary scholar Jason Farr wrote a moving personal essay about … Continue reading →

Posted in Alice Notley, Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, Anne Waldman, Barbara Guest, Beck, Bill Berkson, Brian Glavey, Eileen Myles, Elaine de Kooning, Frank O'Hara, George Schneeman, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Joe Brainard, Joe LeSueur, John Ashbery, John Cage, John Giorno, John Yau, Kenneth Koch, Lorenzo Thomas, Merce Cunningham, MoMA, Nell Blaine, Peter Schjeldahl, Robert Rauschenberg, Robin Coste Lewis, Ron Padgett, Roundup, Roy Lichtenstein, Tracy K. Smith, Visual Art, Wynn Chamberlain | 1 Comment

“Frank O’Hara: In the Heart of Noise” — London, Nov. 9

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Andrew Epstein

If you’re in or near London next week, you’ll want to check out this event devoted to Frank O’Hara, featuring poet, critic, and New York Schoolologist extraordinaire Mark Ford and the Aurora Orchestra.  It will be on November 9th, at Kings Place in … Continue reading →

Posted in Billie Holiday, Event, Frank O'Hara, Jazz, John Cage, Mark Ford, Morton Feldman, Music, Ned Rorem, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Center of All Beauty! Ragnar Kjartansson Reads Frank O’Hara

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Andrew Epstein

Last week, the New Museum in New York held a “Next Generation” dinner in honor of two younger artists, Camille Henrot and Ragnar Kjartansson.  In a write-up of the posh event in Vogue, Alessandra Codinha notes that the Icelandic artist Kjartansson, known … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank O'Hara, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Music, Visual Art | 1 Comment

June’s Poetry Magazine: Harry Mathews, Ron Padgett, and a Hint of Frank O’Hara

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Andrew Epstein

Poetry magazine, given a jolt of energy under new editor Don Share, continues to display an exciting eclecticism and openness to multiple traditions, including an ongoing special interest in the poetry of the New York School (a development I posted about here). … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernadette Mayer, Bill Berkson, Frank O'Hara, Grace Hartigan, Harry Mathews, John Ashbery, John Cage, Journals, Locus Solus, NY School Influence, Podcast, Poems, Reviews, Ron Padgett | 1 Comment

Roundup of Recent Links (2/24/14)

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Andrew Epstein

Here is another gathering of some recent news, links, and announcements that might be of interest: Ron Padgett’s Collected Poems has been named a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, along with four other finalists, Joshua Beckman, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Elizabeth Robinson, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Exhibit, Book Review, John Ashbery, John Cage, Kenneth Koch, Mark Ford, Michael Benedikt, Reviews, Ron Padgett, Roundup, Rudy Burkhardt, Visual Art, William S. Burroughs | 1 Comment

Bernadette Mayer’s Top 10: Varda, Codrescu, Varo, Cage/Cunningham, and more

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Andrew Epstein

Via Harriet, I see that Artforum has posted a list of Bernadette Mayer’s “Top Ten.”  Her characteristically eclectic and interesting list is not simply a ranking of books she’s enjoyed or poets she likes. Instead, it includes everything from the film The … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrei Codrescu, Bernadette Mayer, John Cage, Merce Cunningham | Leave a comment