To celebrate what I now think of as James Schuyler day, I am reposting June 30, 1974. Happy … More
Category: New York Poets
Towards a model of poetry writing development
As promised last week, here is my presentation of the paper I co-wrote with Sue Dymoke in which we argue on … More
Kenneth Koch on the New York poets
Being together so much and talking so much and writing poems and showing them to each other so much … More
Guest blog post: In praise of Joan Mitchell, by Tamar Yoseloff
Joan Mitchell looks to be the only artist of her generation, man or woman, who produced a big, abstract, painterly … More
The blogs I read (4)
Locus Scolus: The New York School of Poets is a thing of wonder and beauty. Named after a 1914 French novel by Raymond … More
Lifesaving Poems: James Schuyler’s ‘June 30, 1974’
June 30, 1974 for Jane and Joe Hazan Let me tell you that this weekend Sunday morning in the … More
Lifesaving Poems: Frank O’Hara’s ‘Why I am Not a Painter’
Here is a revelation: I did not always adore the work of Frank O’Hara. I had pause to consider why … More
