Author: Joe LeSueur
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374139806
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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In this intimate portrait, an unprecedented eyewitness account of New York City life and talent is revealed between the lines of Frank O'Hara's poetry. of photos.
Author: Joe Perrone
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503591778
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Some Poems By Joe (Whos Not A Poe) Some Food For Thought Some Stories Taught So Please Enjoy They Wont Annoy Youll Laugh, Youll Cry (Just Dont Ask Why) So Take A Chance And Take A Glance Cause Whats Inside Was Writ With Pride
Author: Joe LeSueur
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 9781429929035
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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An unprecedented eyewitness account of the New York School, as seen between the lines of O'Hara's poetry Joe LeSueur lived with Frank O'Hara from 1955 until 1965, the years when O'Hara wrote his greatest poems, including "To the Film Industry in Crisis," "In Memory of My Feelings," "Having a Coke with You," and the famous Lunch Poems—so called because O'Hara wrote them during his lunch break at the Museum of Modern Art, where he worked as a curator. (The artists he championed include Jackson Pollock, Joseph Cornell, Grace Hartigan, Jane Freilicher, Joan Mitchell, and Robert Rauschenberg.) The flowering of O'Hara's talent, cut short by a fatal car accident in 1966, produced some of the most exuberant, truly celebratory lyrics of the twentieth century. And it produced America's greatest poet of city life since Whitman. Alternating between O'Hara's poems and LeSueur's memory of the circumstances that inspired them, Digressions on Some Poems by Frank O'Hara is a literary commentary like no other—an affectionate, no-holds-barred memoir of O'Hara and the New York that animated his work: friends, lovers, movies, paintings, streets, apartments, music, parties, and pickups. This volume, which includes many of O'Hara's best-loved poems, is the most intimate, true-to-life portrait we will ever have of this quintessential American figure and his now legendary times.
Author: Joe Poet
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615970394
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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"One Heartbeat Away" is a compilation of thoughts and emotions transformed into words. It is a mixture of different styles of poetry from free verse to prose. Some poems are simply for humor like: "Once Upon A Time," which was written in an inspired five minute time period. Some are more serious like: "The Storm," which was written during an emotional period at the beginning the author's incarceration. It is a product of Joe the Poet's true feelings as if the the walls were truly closing in on him. There are poems for friends and family like: "A Birthday Star" dedicated to Joe's daughter, and "A Friend Indeed." Love is indeed Joe the Poet's favorite subject, and it shows with the many love poems offered in this book. It is surprising that the title poem "One Heartbeat Away" is one of the shortest, yet what we believe to be one of the most profound. The title is universal and can express many of life's scenarios: one heartbeat away from love; one heartbeat away from freedom; or one heartbeat away from family. "One Heartbeat Away" sums up feelings for most of everyone's life experiences and has helped the author express himself in a productive way. Anyone with a love for poetry and free expression is going to love this book
Author: Joe Wenderoth
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819512260
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Wenderoth's poetry features Terse and haunting lyrics that mark a new intimacy with the world Disfortune is not in the mainstream of American poetic speech, nor is it easily placed into any of the well-known poetic speech-camps that have arisen on its margins. Terse, haunting lyrics expose the irreducible contradictions of living, wherein "the talking-singing, the whole talking-/singing ball of yarn, begins to unravel." Deceptively casual in tone, these poems offer startling confrontations with "the unoriginal/oblivion," with "the contrived delicacy/of what is emptied and kept." Joe Wenderoth sees "fortune" as the mute history of events proceeding toward the ultimate security; his poems arise from "disfortune," from the need "Just to sing the song that's kept you/quiet/all this time." This book is a rare occurrence, marking not only a new intimacy with the world, but also a remembering of the determined motion of intimacy itself.
Author: Joe Dunthorne
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588366707
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • “[Dunthorne’s] precocious talent and cheerful fondness for the teenage male are showcased in Submarine. . . . Oliver’s voice is funny and dead-on.”—The New York Times Book Review(Editors’ Choice) At once a self-styled social scientist, a spy in the baffling adult world, and a budding, hormone-driven emotional explorer, Oliver Tate is stealthily nosing his way forward through the murky and uniquely perilous waters of adolescence. His objectives? Uncovering the secrets behind his parents’ teetering marriage, unraveling the mystery that is his alluring and equally quirky classmate Jordana Bevan, and understanding where he fits in among the mystifying beings in his orbit. Struggling to buoy his parents’ wedded bliss, deep-six his own virginity, and sound the depths of heartache, happiness, and the business of being human, what’s a lad to do? Poised precariously on the cusp of innocence and experience, Oliver Tate aims to damn the torpedoes and take the plunge. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Joe Dunthorne's Wild Abandon. Praise for Submarine “[Joe Dunthorne is] probably destined to be compared with Mark Haddon and Roddy Doyle.”—The Miami Herald “This absolutely winning debut novel isn’t so much a coming-of-age tale as it is a reflection on what it means to be a certain age and of an uncertain mind.”—Los Angeles Times “A brilliant first novel by a young man of ferocious comic talent.”—The Times (London) “Preternaturally wise, slightly devious and highly entertaining.”—USA Today
Author: Joseph Coelho
Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
ISBN: 0711247684
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 43
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Poems are made to read OUT LOUD! A wittily illustrated anthology of poems, designed to be read aloud. 20 poems by the award winning Joseph Coelho will arm children with techniques for lifting poetry off the page and performing with confidence. Perfect for confident children and shy readers alike, this book teaches all sorts of clever ways to performing poetry. Children will learn 20 techniques for reading aloud by trying out 20 funny and thoughtful original poems by the much loved and award winning performance poet, Joseph Coelho. There are tongue twisters, poems to project, poems to whisper, poems to make you laugh. There are poems to perform to a whole class and others to whisper in somebody's ear. Richly textured, warm and stylish illustration by Daniel Gray-Barnett bring each page to life. "Poetry for children is dead. Really? Not when there are young poets like Joseph Coelho" ~ Books for Keeps
Author: Joseph Booze
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781728344829
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Again the poems you will read in this book also came to me in difference ways. Some are the results of world affairs or observing people's behavior when out and about or just allowing my mind to wander. Some were somewhat painful to write while others were fun.
Author: Joe Robert
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 146693557X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 145
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Take a journey to that place of the memory, of recalling good times, times that were not so good, a place you would like to return to if only for a little while. That place is O'Sullivan's Place. Once there, you can explore, not only past memories, but current encounters with real people who face the daily grind of their jobs yet still perform out of dedication. Also explore some of the wonders and questions of nature and some of our most personable critters. And delve into the human experience of life's triumphs and follies as Joes Robert takes you there through his uncluttered verse and stimulating prose.
Author: Joe Wenderoth
Publisher: Wave Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Cult favorite Letters to Wendy's has sold thousands of copies through web, direct and special orders, and will appeal to a wide variety of readers at independent and chain stores.
