What's At Risk, Heroes?: A Lecture
What's At Risk, Heroes?: A Lecture
Reading Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
- Welcome and Introduction
- Opening Remarks and "Heroes"
- On the New York School, risk, and the self; excerpt from Mad Men
- On the origins of the New York School and "Adieu Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul"
- On Frank O'Hara, individuality, and intimacy; on James Schuyler and "February"
- "A Momentary Longing To Hear Sad Advice From One Long Dead"
- Question and Answer Session
Welcome and Introduction-7333
by Cybele Knowles
Opening Remarks and "Heroes"-7335
Poem by Robert Creeley; recorded by Robert Creeley.
Annotation:
Creeley, Robert. For Love: Poems 1950-1960. New York: Scribner, 1962.
On the New York School, risk, and the self; excerpt from Mad Men-7337
For Those Who Think Young. Mad Men. AMC. 27 July 2008. Television.
On the origins of the New York School and "Adieu Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul"-7339
Poem by Frank O'Hara; recorded by Frank O'Hara.
Annotation:
O'Hara, Frank. Lunch Poems. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1964.
On Frank O'Hara, individuality, and intimacy; on James Schuyler and "February"-7341
Poem by James Schuyler; recorded by James Schuyler.
Annotation:
Schuyler, James. Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1988.
"A Momentary Longing To Hear Sad Advice From One Long Dead"-7343
Poem by Kenneth Koch; read by David Rivard.
Annotation:
Koch, Kenneth. "A Momentary Longing To Hear Sad Advice From One Long Dead." Poetry. 181.1 (2002): 42. Print.
Question and Answer Session-7345
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Series: Spring Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): UA Poetry Center
David Rivard lectures on risk-taking and the New York School, incorporating recordings by Frank O'Hara, James Schuyler, and others.
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