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"O'Hara, a key interpreter of the aesthetics of abstract-expressionism, was a vital presence in New York's dynamic postwar art world, whether as a curator at the Museum of Modem Art, a visionary critic, a lushly original and lyrical poet, or an unflagging, often outrageous socialite." --Donna Seaman, "Booklist"
"Moving in the way that only simple communication can be moving. . . . His poems always manage a fresh start, free from the dreadful posturings of the conventional verse of his generation." --Kenneth Rexroth, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Moving in the way that only simple communication can be moving. . . . His poems always manage a fresh start, free from the dreadful posturings of the conventional verse of his generation." --Kenneth Rexroth, "The New York Times Book Review"
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Frank O'Hara was one of the great poets of the twentieth century and, along with such widely acclaimed writers as Denise Levertov, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, and Gary Snyder, a crucial contributor to what Donald Allen termed the New American Poetry, "which, by its vitality alone, became the dominant force in the American poetic tradition."
Frank O'Hara was born in Baltimore in 1926 and grew up in New England; from 1951 he lived and worked in New York, both for "Art News" and for the Museum of Modern Art, where he was an associate curator. O'Hara's untimely death in 1966 at the age of forty was, in the words of fellow poet John Ashbery, "the biggest secret loss to American poetry since John Wheelwright was killed." This collection is a reissue of a volume first published by Grove Press in 1957, and it demonstrates beautifully the flawless rhythm underlying O'Hara's conviction that to write poetry, indeed to live, "you just go on your nerve."
Frank O'Hara was born in Baltimore in 1926 and grew up in New England; from 1951 he lived and worked in New York, both for "Art News" and for the Museum of Modern Art, where he was an associate curator. O'Hara's untimely death in 1966 at the age of forty was, in the words of fellow poet John Ashbery, "the biggest secret loss to American poetry since John Wheelwright was killed." This collection is a reissue of a volume first published by Grove Press in 1957, and it demonstrates beautifully the flawless rhythm underlying O'Hara's conviction that to write poetry, indeed to live, "you just go on your nerve."
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Like many people, I became interested in Frank O'Hara's Meditations in an Emergency when it was featured in the second season of the TV series Mad Men. I expected a set of contemplative verses, suitable for reading late at night or during peaceful interludes of the day. Some of the poems do fit into this category; others are like random jottings made during the course of a hectic life, some happy, some sad, some purely whimsical. Mad Men reflects O'Hara's style with its' mix of 1960's jazz age, uncertainties and quiet melancholy. This collection provides a good starting point for both his work and his contemporaries.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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even if you don't like poetry just give it a read. The title poem and the final one in the collection feels like he is speaking to me personally.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This book was a gift following its placement in the second series of Mad Men.This book of poetry has been described as enjoyable by the receipient.
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Meditations is what O'Hara does. He had been dead for many decades before the cynical exploitation by the makers of 'Mad Men' show-cased his work. Read more
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Not so much about the content of the book, obviously, but this is a very cheap copy with low quality stock and cover. I would expect a better quality book for that price.
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