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Re: PPB: A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island / Frank O'Hara

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From: Michael Pendrago
Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 07:19
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On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 10:00:10 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> And you don't know what being a member of the Beat Generation meant, either.
>
> You've probably never even read any Frank O'Hara, have you, Pendragon?

I've read enough to know that I find no value in his work.  "Lana Turner has Collapsed" is the one that springs to mind.  "Homosexuality" is another.

What do you identify with in his poems?


Michael Pendragon
"I know an obsessed teollisuuden Wien I see one."
-- Will Dockery, dry drunk.

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