Lunch Poems Summary
Frank O'Hara

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Lunch Poems Summary

Frank O'Haraappears in All poems

Lunch Poems is a collection of autobiographical poems, and as such the poet Frank O'Hara is its protagonist. All poems are told in the first person from O'Hara's point of view. His words reflect his sensibilities.

O'Hara was born and grew up in Baltimore. In Galanta, he describes his relationship with Sally, with whom he had his first sexual experience. Little is revealed about the period between then and...

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Frank O'Hara Biographies (3)

Frank O'Hara

6,474 words, approx. 22 pages

Frank O'Hara was a leading member of the so-called New York School of poets, a group that included John Ashbery, Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, and James Schuyler and received its name from its associa... Read more

Frank O'Hara

2,000 words, approx. 7 pages

Frank O'Hara figured in the Beat scene as one of the major poets (Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, and Robert Duncan would be others) who were close to the leading Beat poets but not actually part of t... Read more

Frank O'Hara

8,902 words, approx. 30 pages

Frank O'Hara was a dynamic leader of the "New York School" of poets, a group that included John Ashbery, Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, and James Schuyler. The Abstract Expressionist painters in New Yor... Read more

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