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Category Archives: Mad Men
Succession, Jeremy Strong, and Frank O’Hara
One of the best TV series of recent years, Succession, will be airing its much-awaited finale on Sunday night. As many of the show’s obsessive fans know, poetry has played a subtle but key role in Succession: for mysterious but … Continue reading
Falling in Love with Frank O’Hara (via Instagram)
The writer Sinead Stubbins has a charming article in the Guardian today about how she, like so many others, came to fall in love with the poetry of Frank O’Hara. The piece also suggests the new, digital byways that lead people … Continue reading
One of Kate Spade’s Muses was Frank O’Hara
Here’s an interesting footnote to the very sad news about the pioneering fashion designer Kate Spade, who died of an apparent suicide several days ago. In a piece in the Atlantic, … Continue reading
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Mad Men’s Matthew Weiner and his Love for (and new Recording of) Frank O’Hara
As I’ve mentioned a few (well, maybe more than a few) times before, the beloved TV show Mad Men surprised and delighted poetry fans everywhere when it incorporated Frank O’Hara’s poetry into the show’s second season in 2008. Over the … Continue reading
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The Finale of Mad Men and Frank O’Hara: A Theory
Yesterday, I pondered whether there might have been a sly nod to Frank O’Hara’s “Having a Coke with You” in the final moments of the Mad Men finale. Now, on further reflection, I think there may have been even more … Continue reading
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Having a Coke with Don Draper and Frank O’Hara
The breathlessly-awaited series finale of the television show Mad Men aired this week, and the web has been teeming with recaps and commentary, especially on the significance of the show’s enigmatic final moments. (Warning: spoilers ahead). The endlessly dissected conclusion of … Continue reading
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Mad Men’s Love Affair with Frank O’Hara: “A Magical Occurrence”
I suppose my days of posting about Mad Men and Frank O’Hara are probably numbered, as the show’s final season begins this Sunday. But the media hype about the show’s final run is reaching a fever pitch, and the New York Times … Continue reading
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BBC on Frank O’Hara as a Poet of Our Moment
The recent surge of attention to Frank O’Hara and the 50th anniversary of Lunch Poems continues with a substantial BBC piece by Jane Ciabattari. Don’t be scared off by the attention-grabbing headline — “Frank O’Hara: Poet of the Mad Men … Continue reading
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No, Mad Men Didn’t Rescue Frank O’Hara from Obscurity
The New York Times recently ran a piece that highlighted the effect Mad Men has had on Frank O’Hara’s reputation. It claimed that, thanks to the television show, O’Hara has gone from being a “relatively obscure poet of the New York School” to … Continue reading
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Mad Men’s Matthew Weiner and Frank O’Hara
As I mentioned a few days ago, the New York Times recently discussed the impact the television show Mad Men has had on Frank O’Hara reputation — or, more precisely, on O’Hara’s sales figures. In today’s New York Times Book Review, there is an … Continue reading
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Andrew Epstein
Locus Solus: The New York School of Poets 