Update: the Last Avant-Garde

I still haven't heard back from either bookstore in regards to the availability of David Lehman's The Last Avant-Garde, but it looks as if you can read the majority of Wednesday's assigned chapters online.

• Jacket has the entire introduction available on their website: click here
• Amazon has a large chunk of the first chapter available (it cuts off in mid-sentence, but is better than nothing at all): click here

For those of you who don't have the book, I'm adding a pair of new links which will also help provide a little background information, though they're no substitute for the Lehman book:

• A Brief Guide to the New York School: click here
• The Artists and Poets of the New York School: click here

Please make sure you get your hands on a copy of the book, even if it won't come in time for Wedneday. You'll need to read the chapters on Ashbery, O'Hara and Koch when we focus on each poet.