The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara

Available for the first time in paperback, The Collected Poems of Frank O'Harareflects the poet's growth as an artist from the earliest dazzling, experimental verses that he began writing in the late 1940s to the years before his accidental death at forty, when his poems became increasingly individual and reflective.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 624 pages

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