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The Tree of Life (Movie) – Thoughts | An Unidentified Riot — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:11:55 +0000

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Comment on Do I want a part in my own movie? by A D Jameson

A D Jameson — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:03:16 +0000

Same thing here, in regards to British poets. There are a lot I don't know. With Ashbery, I recommend reading him in chronological order, from Some Trees onward. I especially love "Meditations of a Parrot." Also, I sent you a link to a great Koch poems (though I love all of them). Here also is a FOH poem not to be missed.

Comment on Do I want a part in my own movie? by A D Jameson

A D Jameson — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:55:23 +0000

Thanks!

Comment on Do I want a part in my own movie? by Paul Kincaid

Paul Kincaid — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:50:16 +0000

And gratefully received. They’re good, I hope you do get them published.

Comment on Do I want a part in my own movie? by Paul Kincaid

Paul Kincaid — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:25 +0000

For fairly obvious reasons, American poets don’t get much of a look-in over here. We’ve got more than enough of our own, so unless you do a specialist American Lit course you’re really not likely to come across them. I didn’t even know there was a ‘New York School’, and though I’ve heard of Ashbery I’m not sure I’ve ever read anything by him, and I wouldn’t have known to place him in New York. And Koch is not a name I’ve come across before. More for me to look out for, then.

Comment on Do I want a part in my own movie? by A D Jameson

A D Jameson — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:33:09 +0000

And I sent you the poems via Facebook. They’re not published yet and the third one is still in progress.

Comment on Do I want a part in my own movie? by A D Jameson

A D Jameson — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:24:56 +0000

I should have said rather “inspired by FOH.”

The collected FOH is one of my favorite books. I’m a huge fan of the New York School in general. The Library of America John Ashbery collections treasures, and Kenneth Koch was a big influence on certain parts of my first novel Giant Slugs. (FWIW.)

Comment on Do I want a part in my own movie? by Paul Kincaid

Paul Kincaid — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:18:30 +0000

I’m not sure I’d count this as a Frank O’Hara poem, though it was inspired by him. Actually, I’m not sure I’d count it as a poem.

And yes, I’d love to see your FOH poems, send them along.

I was introduced to his work because Maureen was teaching him this last term, so I found myself reading some of the poems over her shoulder, as it were. I fell in love with them straight away. I don’t think I’ve had such an immediate response to anyone’s poetry since Eliot, or possibly Cavafy. This just seemed like the only possible way to say so.

Comment on Do I want a part in my own movie? by A D Jameson

A D Jameson — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:11:16 +0000

Paul, I’ve been writing some FOH poems myself. I’ll send them to you, if you like!

I was introduced to FOH’s work by the late Charles Mann, curator of Penn State’s Rare Books Room and one of the best teachers I ever had.

Comment on Unnameable Books Reading 5/31/13 – 7pm by goatrodeo

goatrodeo — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:30:24 +0000

wow, what a lineup.