Tag Archives: Frank O’Hara

Evergreen Review Returns

By Joe Nolan | Published March 30, 2015

Over the weekend, I found out how timely my recent Jack Kerouac post was when I stumbled over a notice at Flavorwire announcing that the legendary counterculture magazine Evergreen Review was about to undergo a 21st century reboot. Here’s the word… One of the most influential and essential American literary publications will return to readers [...]

Posted in Books | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Beat. Bad. Baraka!

By Joe Nolan | Published January 10, 2014

Writer Amiri Baraka was born Everett Leroi Jones in 1934, but changed his name in 1961. Baraka’s poetry included insightful and incendiary critiques of social mores and politics during a time when the American way of life at home and at work, in the bedroom and the boardroom and at the ballot box was being [...]

Posted in Books, Counter Culture | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Celebrating Frank O'Hara

By Joe Nolan | Published April 7, 2013

Frank O’Hara would’ve turned 87 in March if he hadn’t been hit by a dune buggy on Fire Island in 1966. O’Hara was a category straddling artist who wouldn’t be boxed-in by the preconceived boundaries that separated – and continue to separate – artists and the people who organize and comment on their work. O’Hara [...]

Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment
© 2024 Joe Nolan's Insomnia. All Rights Reserved.
Built by Paper Lion. #teamwork