Category Archives: Marjorie Perloff

Welcome to the “Network for New York School Studies”

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Andrew Epstein

Some exciting news for anyone with an abiding interest in the New York School of poets and artists — a brand-new international scholarly organization called the Network for New York School Studies has recently been launched. Founded by scholars Rona … Continue reading →

Posted in Alice Notley, Anne Waldman, Eileen Myles, Elinor Nauen, Interview, Kenneth Koch, Maggie Nelson, Marjorie Perloff, Mark Ford, Maureen Owen, Patricia Spears Jones | Leave a comment

Drunk on the Poetry of a New Friend: John Wieners and Frank O’Hara

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Andrew Epstein

It’s been heartening to see all the recent attention to the poetry of John Wieners, whose moving, strange, and powerful poems deserve to be better known.  Wieners, an important but lesser-known figure within the post-World War II avant-garde scene known as “New American Poetry,” is … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara Guest, Beats, Charles Olson, Frank O'Hara, Influences on the NY School, James Schuyler, John Bernard Myers, John Wieners, Marjorie Perloff, NY School Influence, Ted Berrigan | Leave a comment

Mayakovsky, Frank O’Hara, and the “Intimate Yell”

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Andrew Epstein

  A major new biography of the great Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), who served as such a powerful influence on Frank O’Hara, Kenneth Koch, and other poets of the New York School, has recently appeared.  Written by Bengt Jangfeldt, a Swedish biographer, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Boris Pasternak, Frank O'Hara, Influences on the NY School, James Schuyler, Marjorie Perloff, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Willem de Kooning | Leave a comment

Marjorie Perloff on “Reading Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems After Fifty Years”

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Andrew Epstein

Over the past six months, there has been a flood of reviews and reassessments of Frank O’Hara’s landmark volume Lunch Poems, prompted by the release of City Lights Books’s special 50th anniversary edition of the 1964 book. The new issue of … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Criticism, Frank O'Hara, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Marjorie Perloff | 1 Comment

“Boiled Dinner” by Jennifer Moxley and the “Meta New York School Work”

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Andrew Epstein

A couple weeks ago, I discussed the new Ashbery feature in Jacket2 and mentioned that it features a piece called Boiled Dinner, a play by the poet Jennifer Moxley. Moxley’s play is a good example of what I like to think of … Continue reading →

Posted in James Schuyler, Jennifer Moxley, John Ashbery, Marjorie Perloff, NY School Influence, Theater / Plays | Leave a comment

Andrei Codrescu’s New and Selected Poems, reviewed by Marjorie Perloff

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Andrew Epstein

The Los Angeles Review of Books has put up a special feature on Andrei Codrescu, which includes an interview, a sampling of poems, and a sharp review of his career-spanning new book, So Recently Rent a World : New and Selected Poems: 1968-2012, by Marjorie … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrei Codrescu, Anne Waldman, Book Review, Books, Marjorie Perloff, Poems, Ron Padgett, Ted Berrigan | Leave a comment

The Day Frank Died: Elegies for Frank O’Hara

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Andrew Epstein

Yesterday marked the 47th anniversary of Frank O’Hara’s tragic death at the age of 40 on July 25, 1966.  To mark the occasion, the New Republic posted a brief tribute to O’Hara that features two (very different) poems that were … Continue reading →

Posted in Allen Ginsberg, David Shapiro, Frank O'Hara, James Schuyler, John Ashbery, Marjorie Perloff, Poems, Ted Berrigan | 1 Comment

Frank O’Hara’s Poems Retrieved Reprinted by City Lights

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Andrew Epstein

Great news for fans of Frank O’Hara — the long out-of-print yet essential volume of O’Hara’s work, Poems Retrieved, has just been reissued by City Lights.  Hopefully this means we will soon be seeing sparkling new editions of Standing Still and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Berkson, Books, Frank O'Hara, Marjorie Perloff, Thurston Moore | Leave a comment