Book List

The eight books you'll require for this quarter break down into three categories. This is also the order in which we'll address the authors, starting with Lehman and Ashbery, so be sure you've purchased the books in time for our discussions.


Historical Overview

• David Lehman, The Last Avant-Garde: the Making of the New York School of Poets

First Generation Poets

• John Asbhery, Collected Poems 1956-1987
• Frank O’Hara, The Collected Poems of Frank O’Hara
• Kenneth Koch, The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch

Second Generation Poets

• Ted Berrigan, The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan
• Alice Notley, Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems 1970-2005
• Anne Waldman, Helping the Dreamer: New & Selected Poems 1966-1988
• Bernadette Mayer, A Bernadette Mayer Reader

Books have been ordered at both the UC and DuBois Bookstores. You can also find used copies from sites including Small Press Distribution, Powell's, Alibris, ABE Books and Half.com, as well as sellers on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.