poets
New York School
The New York School of poetry began around 1960 in New York City. Heavily influenced by surrealism and modernism, the poetry of the New York School was serious but also ironic, and incorporated an urban sensibility into much of the work.
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name |
years | schools & movements |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Zavatsky | New York School | |
| John Wieners | 1934-2002 | New York School, San Francisco Renaissance, Beat, Black Mountain |
| Anne Waldman | 1945- | New York School, Slam/Spoken Word, Beat |
| Paul Violi | 1944-2011 | New York School |
| James Schuyler | 1923-1991 | New York School |
| Ron Padgett | 1942- | New York School |
| Frank O'Hara | 1926-1966 | New York School |
| Alice Notley | 1945- | New York School |
| Eileen Myles | 1949- | New York School |
| Harry Mathews | 1930-2017 | OULIPO, New York School |