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

Directors Chris and Nick Libbey introduce their film of John Ashbery’s poem: In the heart of Minneapolis stands the Irene Hixon Whitney … More

Locus Scolus: The New York School of Poets is a thing of wonder and beauty. Named after a 1914 French novel by Raymond … More

June 30, 1974 for Jane and Joe Hazan Let me tell you that this weekend Sunday morning in the … More

Here is a revelation: I did not always adore the work of Frank O’Hara. I had pause to consider why … More

I saw the sign above on a wall during a visit I recently made to a school to talk to … More