Description: A fine First Edition of Selected Plays by Frank O’Hara. Published by Full Court Press in 1978. Book is in very good condition. Corners are sharp and spine is straight with two very faint creases. Binding is tight and pages are crisp and clean with no writing. Softcover, bound in pictorial paper wrappers. See third photo for an except from the editor Ron Padgett’s notes on how the plays were selected for the volume, reflecting the fact that—as with O’Hara’s poetry—they show an inimitable range and style. Many of the “fugitive” items contained herein “contain[n] passages of fantastic brilliance … [and] works which could easily be classified as poems, film scripts or interior monologue prose.” 230 pages. ISBN: 0916190099. More from O’Hara’s bio: “Among the most significant post-war American poets, Frank O'Hara was born in Baltimore, MD and raised in Massachusetts. He served in the Navy and then studied at Harvard. After earning an MA at the University of Michigan in 1951,O'Hara moved to New York, where he began working for the Museum of Modern Art and writing for Art News.By 1960, he was named the assistant curator of painting and sculpture exhibitions at MOMA. Along with John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler and Barbara Guest, he is considered an original member of the New York School.Though he died in a tragic accident in 1966, at age 40, recent references to O'Hara on TV shows like Mad Men or Thurston Moore's new record evidence our culture's continuing fascination with this innovative poet.”
Price: 35 USD
Location: Austin, Texas
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Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Frank O'Hara
Region: North America
Publisher: Full Court Press
Topic: Drama
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1978
