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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.
John Wieners lived on the periphery of several movements during his lifetime—the Beats, the...
Ted Berrigan authored more than 20 books and was a central figure in the second generation of the...
Larry Fagin is the author of several poetry collections, including Complete Fragments...
Born on July 20, 1944, in Brooklyn, Paul Randolph Violi grew up in Greenlawn, New York. He...
Harry Mathews, an experimental poet known for his involvement in the New York School and Oulipo,...