FEATURED IN THE SEASON 2 PREMIERE OF MAD MEN on AMC! The New York School of poets beats the Beats in a big way (the two groups were contemporaries) and O'Hara is their leading light. The title poem, "To the Harbormaster," "To the Film Industry in Crisis," and "Mayakovsky" (featured in Mad Men) are just a few of the great poems you'll discover.

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." This collection demonstrates beautifully the flawless rhythm underlying O'Hara's conviction that to write poetry, indeed to live, "you just go on your nerve."

Imprint: Grove Press
Distributor: Perseus Distribution
Publication Date: 04-01-1996
Pages: 52
Measurements: 8.00in X 5.38in X 0.25lb