Modern-ish Poets Series 2: Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery
<p>Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss the lives and works of Frank O’Hara and John Ashbery, close friends and leading lights of the New York School, who sought to create an anti-academic, hedonistic poetry, freeing themselves from the puritan American tradition.</p><p>To listen to series one of <em>Modern-ish Poets</em> and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:</p><p>Directly in Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/3pJoFPq" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3pJoFPq</a></p><p>In other podcast apps: <a href="https://lrb.me/mpsignuppod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/closereadings</a></p><p>Series one of <em>Modern-ish Poets</em> looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.</p><br><p>Further reading on O'Hara and Ashbery in the <em>LRB</em>:</p><p>C.K. Stead: <a href="https://lrb.me/steadashberypod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/steadashberypod</a></p><p>John Bayley: <a href="https://lrb.me/bayleyashberypod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/bayleyashberypod</a></p><p>Stephanie Burt: <a href="https://lrb.me/burtashberypod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/burtashberypod</a></p><p>John Kerrigan: <a href="https://lrb.me/kerriganashberypod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/kerriganashberypod</a></p><br><p>This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in June 2022.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Show Notes
Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss the lives and works of Frank O’Hara and John Ashbery, close friends and leading lights of the New York School, who sought to create an anti-academic, hedonistic poetry, freeing themselves from the puritan American tradition.
To listen to series one of Modern-ish Poets and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:
Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPq
In other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadings
Series one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.
Further reading on O'Hara and Ashbery in the LRB:
C.K. Stead: https://lrb.me/steadashberypod
John Bayley: https://lrb.me/bayleyashberypod
Stephanie Burt: https://lrb.me/burtashberypod
John Kerrigan: https://lrb.me/kerriganashberypod
This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in June 2022.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.