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Frank O'Hara | The Poetry Foundation

O'Hara as a poet and advocate for the arts. He left a record of an active intelligence as well as a body of poetry that challenged the norms of poetic form.

About Frank O'Hara | Academy of American Poets

Frank O'Hara ... Frank (Francis Russell) O'Hara was born in Maryland on March 27, 1926. He grew up in Massachusetts and later studied piano at the New England ...

Frank O'Hara - Wikipedia

Frank O'Hara ... For the Australian rules footballer, see Frank O'Hara (footballer). Francis Russell "Frank" O'Hara (March 27, 1926 – July 25, 1966) was an ...

The World of Frank O'Hara | The New Yorker

O'Hara was essentially a self-elegist, Dan Chiasson writes, exploring the dark sense of his “own ceaseless going”—his presence, a moment ago ...

Frank O'Hara | New York School, Abstract Expressionism, Modernism

Frank O'Hara was an American poet who gathered images from an urban environment to represent personal experience. O'Hara was drawn to both ...

Frank O'Hara - Poet (1926-1966)

WELCOME to the home of Frank O'Hara on the web. Here you'll find selections of poems, audio, videos, photographs and more.

Living through poetry: Frank O'Hara, from Michigan to New York

University of Michigan student Frank O'Hara was the center of the artistic community in the 1950s. His work has shaped the world of poetry.

Frank O'Hara - Worcester County Poetry Association

A true account of talking to the Sun on Fire Island. The Sun woke me this morning loud and clear, saying “Hey! I've been trying to wake you up for fifteen ...

Frank O'Hara Overview and Analysis | TheArtStory

Summary of Frank O'Hara. O'Hara was the "poet laureate" of the Abstract Expressionist movement. He was a leading figure within the new ...

Frank O'Hara | City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

Frank O'Hara. Among the most significant post-war American poets, Frank O'Hara grew up in Grafton, MA, graduating from Harvard in 1950. After earning an MA at ...

Frank O'Hara: A Poet for the People | Yonkers Public Library

Frank O'Hara: A Poet for the People ... A native of Maryland, Frank O'Hara (1926 – 1966) grew up in Massachusetts, studied piano at Boston's prestigious New ...

“Attention equals Life.” — Frank O'Hara | The Sheila Variations

Frank O'Hara lived and worked in New York City and his poems clatter with New York sounds and sights, brightness, life, bustle.

The Poet Who Taught Me to Be in Love With the World

Frank O'Hara's greatest legacy might be his secular faith — in other people, and in everything around us.

Art history- Frank O'Hara — Fire Island Pines Historical Society

Fire Island was a haven for many artists. Poet Frank O'Hara was just one. His poetry was intermingled with the growing Art scene in New York ...

Into a Future of His Choice: Catching Up with Frank O'Hara

Frank O'Hara invented a form of poetry about the instant communication of overwhelming experience. He captures life's excruciating immediacies so directly ...

The Ongoing Influence of Frank O'Hara, the Art World's Favorite Poet

Famous for his way with words, he dubbed it Orphism, a reference to Orpheus, the mythical figure whose music allowed him to enter the underworld ...

O'Hara, Frank (1926-1966), poet - American National Biography

Brad Gooch, City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O'Hara (1993), is well researched and is the most comprehensive biography of O'Hara available.

Frank O'Hara: Poet of the Mad Men era - BBC

Frank O'Hara: Poet of the Mad Men era ... Frank O'Hara's poems capture the heady moment in the 1960s when American art stepped out of Europe's ...

The Radical Friendship of Frank O'Hara and Allen Ginsberg

Ginsberg tells O'Hara to 'take an aspirin', before writing: 'I'm falling asleep / safe in your thoughtful arms ... I see New York thru your eyes'.

Frank O'Hara Residence - NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project

overview. The poet Frank O'Hara lived at this address with his on-again, off-again lover Joe LeSueur from 1959 to 1963. Buildings of the East Village ...