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Tom Clark (1941-2018), the New York School, and the Paris Review

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Andrew Epstein

  Very sad news in the poetry world: the poet Tom Clark died this week at the age of 77 after being struck by a car while walking across a street in Berkeley, California.  A prolific and controversial writer, Clark … Continue reading →

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On Five Years of Locus Solus

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Andrew Epstein

Five years ago today, on May 27, 2013, I launched this blog with a welcome message and only a vague sense of what this site would become.  It’s turned out to be an immensely rewarding and fun side project, and it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Elizabeth BIshop, Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Leonard Cohen, Locus Solus, Robert Creeley, Uncategorized | 9 Comments

Roundup of Recent “New York School of Poetry” News and Links (4/2/18)

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Andrew Epstein

Here’s the latest roundup of recent links, new publications, and news related to the New York School of poets.  (For my most recent roundup, see here). — Jeremy Noel-Tod reviews Karin Roffman’s biography of John Ashbery’s early years and reflects … Continue reading →

Posted in Aime Cesaire, Allen Ginsberg, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Book Review, Brian Glavey, Charles North, Criticism, Douglas Crase, Eileen Myles, Elizabeth BIshop, Interview, Jack Spicer, James Schuyler, Joe Brainard, John Ashbery, John Koethe, John Yau, Kenward Elmslie, Kevin Killian, Music, NY School Influence, Patti Smith, Peter Gizzi, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Roundup, Ted Berrigan, Uncategorized, Visual Art, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams | 3 Comments

Frank O’Hara (read by David Sedaris) and John Ashbery on the new Paris Review podcast

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Andrew Epstein

The latest episode of the Paris Review’s new, eclectic podcast features a few items of interest for fans of the New York School: there are readings of poems, originally published in the Paris Review, by both Frank O’Hara and John … Continue reading →

Posted in Eileen Myles, Frank O'Hara, James Schuyler, John Ashbery, Podcast, Roberto Bolaño, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

“Neon in Daylight” — New Novel Borrows Title from Frank O’Hara

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Andrew Epstein

Another day, another work of fiction borrowing a title from Frank O’Hara’s poetry.  I’ve noted examples of this phenomenon before — such as Andrew Sean Greer’s story “It’s a Summer’s Day,” Emma Jane Unsworth’s novel Animals, and Don DeLillo’s short story … Continue reading →

Posted in Don DeLillo, Edwin Denby, Fiction, Frank O'Hara, NY School Influence, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

“New Year’s Eve”: A Collaborative Poem by John Ashbery and Kenneth Koch

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Andrew Epstein

In keeping with my semi-regular tradition of posting New Years-related poems here, I thought I’d share this rare piece — a collaborative poem by John Ashbery and Kenneth Koch called “New Year’s Eve.”  The poem was part of a cluster of … Continue reading →

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Frank O’Hara and Bunny: A Tribute to V. R. Lang in new issue of “SpoKe”

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Andrew Epstein

The new issue of the Boston-based journal SpoKe has just appeared and it features “A Tribute to V. R. Lang,” an excellent special feature devoted to the writer Violet Lang, known simply as “Bunny” to fans of Frank O’Hara — a.k.a., … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Berkson, Bunny Lang, David Lehman, Edward Gorey, Frank O'Hara, Kevin Killian, Ron Padgett, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

A Note on Robert Lowell and Frank O’Hara

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Andrew Epstein

Today is the 100th birthday of Robert Lowell, which has sparked a little flurry of attention to Lowell and his legacy, as has a new book by Kay Redfield Jamison on Lowell’s struggles with bipolar illness and its relationship to his poetry, … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank O'Hara, Robert Lowell, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

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

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Andrew Epstein

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, In Memoriam, James Schuyler, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Locus Solus, Raymond Roussel, Uncategorized, William S. Burroughs | 1 Comment

Ron Padgett talks about his Sundays with the New York Times

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Andrew Epstein

The New York Times has just posted a little feature on Ron Padgett, in conjunction with Jim Jarmusch’s new movie Paterson.  As I noted recently, Padgett collaborated with his friend Jarmusch, composing poems for the movie: For the movie “Paterson,” about a poet … Continue reading →

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