Bibliograph

Also a poet, Frank O'Hara, my father, and me, Ada Calhoun

Type

Label

Also a poet, Frank O'Hara, my father, and me, Ada Calhoun

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243)

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Also a poet

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Ada Calhoun

Sub title

Frank O'Hara, my father, and me

Summary

"When Ada Calhoun stumbled upon old cassette tapes of interviews her father, celebrated art critic Peter Schjeldahl, had conducted for his never-completed biography of poet Frank O'Hara, she set out to finish the book her father had started forty years earlier. As a lifelong O'Hara fan who grew up amid his bohemian cohort in the East Village, Calhoun thought the project would be easy, even fun, but the deeper she dove, the more she had to face not just O'Hara's past, but also her father's, and her own. The result is a groundbreaking and kaleidoscopic memoir that weaves compelling literary history with a moving, honest, and tender story of a complicated father-daughter bond. Also a Poet explores what happens when we want to do better than our parents, yet fear what that might cost us; when we seek their approval, yet mistrust it. In reckoning with her unique heritage, as well as providing new insights into the life of one of our most important poets, Calhoun offers a brave and hopeful meditation on parents and children, artistic ambition, and the complexities of what we leave behind." --, From publisher's description

Target audience

adult

Classification