Poetry. "Another young poet who began his career in the 60s and was singled out at that time by Frank O'Hara as one of the few to be watched, is Tony Towle.... Associated for all the usually incorrect, or at least incorrectly perceived, reasons with 'The New York School,' Towle's work stands quite solidly on its own.... O'Hara does crop up in a few of these works, but unlike so many of the late poet's imitators, or those who use his name and growing legend to enhance their own reputations, Towle's references to O'Hara and his work are always pertinent and controlled by Towle's distinct voice and distinguishing intellect"—Michael Lally.

Author City: New York City, NY USA

Tony Towle was born in New York in 1939, grew up in Queens and Westchester and then spent three years in Washington, D.C. He came back to New York in 1960, shortly after he began writing poetry, and has lived there ever since. He has written about his life in New York in the early sixties in his Memoir 1960-63.

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