Poetry. Memoir. A scrapbook-style homage to the one of the great American poets of the 20th century, including poems, tributes and reminiscences by many of those who knew O'Hara best, including Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners, Kenward Elmslie, Ted Berrigan, Elaine de Kooning, Philip Guston, Joe Brainard and many others. Includes a rich array of black and white photographs. Edited by Bill Berkson and Joe LeSueur, two of O'Hara's most intimate friends.
Author City: SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA
Born in New York, Bill Berkson is a poet, art critic, and teacher. Formerly a professor of liberal arts at the San Francisco Art Institute, he lives in San Francisco and New York.