Lunch Poems: 50th Anniversary Edition
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- Synopsis
- Exquisite hardcover gift edition of the groundbreaking poetry collection by the leader of the New York School of poetry, Frank O'Hara. Published on the 50th anniversary of Lunch Poems. Lunch Poems, first published in 1964 by City Lights Books as number nineteen in the Pocket Poets series, is widely considered to be Frank O'Hara's freshest and most accomplished collection of poetry. Edited by the poet in collaboration with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Donald Allen, who had published O'Hara's poems in his monumental The New American Poetry in 1960, it contains some of the poet's best known works including "The Day Lady Died," "Ave Maria," and "Poem" [Lana Turner has collapsed!]. These are the compelling and formally inventive poems—casually composed, for example, in his office at The Museum of Modern Art, in the street at lunchtime, or on the Staten Island Ferry en route to a poetry reading—that made O'Hara a dynamic leader of the "New York School" of poets. This new limited 50th anniversary edition contains a preface by John Ashbery and an editor's note by City Lights publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, along with facsimile reproductions of a selection of previously unpublished correspondence between Ferlinghetti and O'Hara that shed new light on the preparation of Lunch.
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 96 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780872866171
- Publisher:
- City Lights Publishers
- Date of Addition:
- 04/03/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Maureen Granville-Smith, Administratrix of the Estate of Frank O'Hara.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Poetry
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.