Kenneth Koch papers, ca. 1939-1995.

Ashbery, John, 1927-2017

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American poet and editor of Art & Literature. From the description of The Tennis Court Oath galley proof, 1961. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122685058 The letters cover a span starting two days after Ashbery and Gregg graduated from Deerfield Academy, and continue through the following summers and during a period of time when Gregg was drafted into the Army and served in postwar Eur...

Freilicher, Jane, 1924-2014

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Jane Freilicher was an American painter. Born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, she attended Brooklyn College and then studied with artist Hans Hofmann. She left the Hofmann studio in 1948 to paint in New York City, collaborating with a group of artist and writer friends known collectively as the New York School and including John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara, Larry Rivers, and James Schuyler. She married jazz pianist Jack Freilicher when she was 17; the marriage was annulled five years late...

O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966

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The inscription is to the author's Harvard roommate Harold Fondren. Edward Gorey was an earlier roommate of O'Hara. From the description of Creation : a Christmas story : typescript, 1949. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612794273 Frank O'Hara was an American art critic, essayist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Frank O'Hara collection of papers, 1955-1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533765 From the guide to...

Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002

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Poet. From the description of Reminiscences of Kenneth Koch : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743269 American Poet; born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied at Harvard (B.A. 1948) and Columbia University (Ph.D. 1959). He was a leading figure of the New York school of poetry. Koch also wrote a novel and plays, some of which have been produced off-Broadway. From the description of Kenneth Koch collection. [n.d.]...

Lima, Frank

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Schuyler, James D. (James Dix), 1848-1912

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American author and poet; Button is an American artist. From the description of Letters to John Button : typescript ca.1956-ca.1959 (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 29896211 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and member of the New York School circle of painters and writers, born 9 November 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; worked as W.H. Auden's secretary in Italy for two years in the late 1940...

Towle, Tony, 1939-

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American poet. From the description of [Letter] 1977 October, New York [to] San Francisco Review of Books / Tony Towle. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 18341849 American poet. Berrigan is also an American poet. From the description of [Letter] 1977 October 22, New York [to] Ted [Berrigan] / Tony Towle. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 18341777 ...

Mathews, Harry, 1930-....

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Davis, Jordan.

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Padgett, Ron, 1942-....

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Padgett was born on June 17, 1942, in Tulsa, OK; A.B., Columbia Univ., 1964; poetry workshop instructor, St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery, New York City, 1968-69; poet in various NYC Poets in the Schools programs, 1969-76; cofounded Full Court Press publishers in 1973; writer in the community, South Carolina Arts Commission, 1976-78; director, St. Mark's Poetry Project, NYC, 1978-81; director of publications, Teachers and Writers Collaborative, beginning in 1982; published works include: Seventeen : col...

Shapiro, David, 1947-....

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Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002

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Larry Rivers (1925-2002) was a painter from Southampton, N.Y.). From the description of Oral history interview with Larry Rivers, 1968 Nov. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84233674 Larry Rivers was born Yitzhok Loiza Grossberg to Russian-Jewish parents in 1923 (sometimes claimed to be 1925) in the Bronx, New York, changing his name to Larry Rivers in 1940 after being introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats" performing at a local pub. From 1940-1945 he...