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Joe Brainard was born on March 11, 1942 in Salem, Arkansas. He studied briefly at the Dayton Art Institute in Ohio before moving to New York City where he became part of a community of poets, including Ron Padgett and Ted Berrigan, and artists known as the New York School. He is the author of multiple collections of poetry and prose including the influential book, I Remember (Angel Hair, 1970). He produced several comic book collaborations with poets and was a well-regarded visual artist with works in collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum, among others. He died on May 25, 1994 from AIDS-related pneumonia.
The author of numerous collections of poetry, Barbara Guest was predominantly a writer of the
Dennis Cooper describes Myles as "one of the savviest and most restless intellects in...
John Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, on July 28, 1927.
Kenneth Koch was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 27, 1925.
Born on March 27, 1926, Frank O'Hara was one of the most distinguished members of the New York...
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 17, 1942, Ron Padgett was elected as a Chancellor of the Academy...