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Born in Maryland in 1926, Frank O'Hara studied first music, then English, at Harvard, publishing his first book of poems in 1952. He worked at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, edited Art News, wrote extensively on painting, and pursued his interest in theatre. He died in 1966. Most of his poetry, collected by Donald Allen, appeared posthumously.

Praise for Frank O'Hara (1926 - 1966) 'Wonderful, original poems... He was an essential contact-man between the worlds of painting and poetry. And he suggested a rich and fascinating dialogue between them.' Eavan Boland

Frank O'Hara's collection is full of spontaneity and wildness. read more

Kate North, The North , 8th December 2005
The chronological arrangement of a selection of Frank O'Hara's work must have been a joy to compile. read more

Sean Walsh, www.laurahird.com, read more

The London Review of Books :
Ashbery, Koch, O'Hara and Schuyler: a quartet of sublime jokers who imagined a city into existence. read more

Gareth Twose, Poetry Nottingham , Issue 58: Winter 2004
What is different and innovative about the new Carcanet anthology, The New York Poets , is it allows the reader to see how the quartet of Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch and James Schuyler functioned, creatively, (and albeit briefly) as a group, a collective entity. read more

English poetry was languishing in the Fifties. read more

The London Review of Books :
Ashbery, Koch, O'Hara and Schuyler: a quartet of sublime jokers who imagined a city into existence. read more

Mark Thwaite, ReadySteadyBook.com, read more

He does this, he does that Charles Bainbridge is charmed by Why I Am Not a Painter and Other Poems , a new selection of Frank O'Hara's poetry
Charles Bainbridge Saturday July 12, 2003 The Guardian
Frank O'Hara is a wonderful poet - funny, moving, chatty, engaging, enthusiastic, risk-taking, elegiac, supremely urban - and anything that encourages people to read him is a good thing. read more

Frank O'Hara reads 'Ode to Joy' (2:27 mins)

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Frank O'Hara (1926 - 1966) Books by this author: Selected Poems The New York Poets: an anthology Why I'm Not a Painter and other poems About Reviews Audio Born in Maryland in 1926, Frank O'Hara studied first music, then English, at Harvard, publishing his first book of poems in 1952. He worked at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, edited Art News, wrote extensively on painting, and pursued his interest in theatre. He died in 1966. Most of his poetry, collected by Donald Allen, appeared posthumously. Praise for Frank O'Hara (1926 - 1966) 'Wonderful, original poems... He was an essential contact-man between the worlds of painting and poetry. And he suggested a rich and fascinating dialogue between them.' Eavan Boland Frank O'Hara's collection is full of spontaneity and wildness. read more Kate North, The North , 8th December 2005 The chronological arrangement of a selection of Frank O'Hara's work must have been a joy to compile. read more Sean Walsh, www.laurahird.com, read more The London Review of Books : Ashbery, Koch, O'Hara and Schuyler: a quartet of sublime jokers who imagined a city into existence. read more The London Review of Books : Ashbery, Koch, O'Hara and Schuyler: a quartet of sublime jokers who imagined a city into existence. read more The London Review of Books : Ashbery, Koch, O'Hara and Schuyler: a quartet of sublime jokers who imagined a city into existence. read more Gareth Twose, Poetry Nottingham , Issue 58: Winter 2004 What is different and innovative about the new Carcanet anthology, The New York Poets , is it allows the reader to see how the quartet of Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch and James Schuyler functioned, creatively, (and albeit briefly) as a group, a collective entity. read more English poetry was languishing in the Fifties. read more The London Review of Books : Ashbery, Koch, O'Hara and Schuyler: a quartet of sublime jokers who imagined a city into existence. read more Mark Thwaite, ReadySteadyBook.com, read more He does this, he does that Charles Bainbridge is charmed by Why I Am Not a Painter and Other Poems , a new selection of Frank O'Hara's poetry Charles Bainbridge Saturday July 12, 2003 The Guardian Frank O'Hara is a wonderful poet - funny, moving, chatty, engaging, enthusiastic, risk-taking, elegiac, supremely urban - and anything that encourages people to read him is a good thing. read more Frank O'Hara reads 'Ode to Joy' (2:27 mins)	Share this... Quick Links Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry Comma Press FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog Book Launch: Distance and Memory by Peter Davidson read more Sam Ruddock: Bibliodiversity read more Lucy Burnett: An Eco-poetic Sensibility read more Chris Beckett: Looking for Abebe, the cook's son read more Richard Price: A Month in Portugal read more Let's Gimbal! read more
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