Category Archives: Performance

Rare Photo of New York School of Poets: Ashbery, Koch, O’Hara, and Schuyler (1955)

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Andrew Epstein

John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Frank O’Hara, and James Schuyler — the four poets and close friends who served as the nucleus of the New York School of poets in its original, 1950s heyday, spent a lot of time together, hanging … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Daisy Aldan, Frances Lazare, Frank O'Hara, Grace Hartigan, James Schuyler, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Performance, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Richard Miller, Stephanie Anderson, Terrence Diggory, Visual Art, William Weaver | Leave a comment

Upcoming Bernadette Mayer Events: New York and the Czech Republic

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Andrew Epstein

  There are a couple of exciting events coming up featuring Bernadette Mayer, both in New York.  First, this Friday, October 17, at the Poetry Project at St. Marks, there will be a 25th anniversary celebration of the terrific small press Tender Buttons, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Anne Waldman, Bernadette Mayer, Conferences and Talks, Dorothea Lasky, Event, Harryette Mullen, Jennifer Moxley, Laynie Browne, Lee Ann Brown, Matthea Harvey, Performance, Poetry Project at St. Marks | Leave a comment

“Into the Sun”: Frank O’Hara’s “True Account” Inspires Performance Piece

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Andrew Epstein

Frank O’Hara’s poem “A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island” has had a remarkable and robust afterlife, as I’ve noted before in reference to Kent Johnson’s controversial A Question Mark Above the Sun. Now the poem will be … Continue reading →

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“Alphabetical Ashbery” by Charles Wuorinen

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Andrew Epstein

A substantial number of classical composers have been drawn to the poets of the New York School.  Many, like Morton Feldman and Ned Rorem, have set their poems or composed works in homage to their poetry. The Pulitzer Prize-winning classical composer Charles Wuorinen is one such composer. He has long been fascinated … Continue reading →

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Poetry in Theatre: Early Frank O’Hara — June 3, New York

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Andrew Epstein

The CUNY Graduate Center’s Segal Theater is hosting “Poetry in Theatre: Early Frank O’Hara + Plays by Contemporary Poets, with Judith Malina,”a wonderful-sounding program devoted to the New York School’s innovative blending of poetry and theater, and its legacy.  The program … Continue reading →

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