Talk:Frank O'Hara

HELP
Can someone tell me why a reference to the surge of excitement towards Meditations in an Emergency after its appearance on Mad Men was removed from this page? It seems rather important....a resurgence of interest in a classic collection? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Visualinformant (talk • contribs) 18:23, 8 November 2008
 * It was never on this talk page, and it's not clear after some searching that it was ever on the accompanying article page. (If so, a date, or a scrap of verbatim text, could be informative.)   But any such surge, during the season when the 3 episodes of Mad Men that mention it aired, will be of interest only if it outlasts the series (which is still kicking, now going into its fourth season). --Jerzy•t 07:34, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Poetic influences
I challenge the inclusion of Abstract expressionism in the following line: "His poetry shows the influence of Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, Russian poetry, and poets associated with French Symbolism." When I originally wrote it, I was trying to communicate just the poetic influences, and perhaps putting Surrealism first was confusing (I just meant Surrealist poetry in the context of that line). There is no Abstract Expressionist poetry as far as I know (The New York school would probably be it). Perhaps it could be rephrased entirely. Any suggestions?F. Simon Grant (talk) 18:16, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Cause of death
I removed from the bio template the following wording:
 * (Beach 'vehicle' accident, cars are not allowed on Fire Island)

bcz --Jerzy•t 07:34, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) It's too much detail for the template.
 * 2) The closest to that info that could be pertinent is whether they were present, in 1966, and the editors wording should be presumed to reflect the editor's ignorance on that score.
 * 3) The scare quotes are not only cryptic, but unlikely to represent any relevant distinction, since that editor raised no objection to this wording in the same revision:
 * struck and injured by a man speeding in a beach vehicle
 * and it's hard to imagine how an apparatus so described could be undeservedly described as a vehicle.

I've always read he was killed by a catamaran, not a dune buggy. Are there any sources available online that indicate it was indeed a "dune buggy"? --72.95.244.242 (talk) 21:25, 18 May 2011 (UTC)


 * There are dozens on Google Books. I didn't think to use any of those when I made my initial edit but you are welcome to add them.  It's a pretty famous story in poetry circles so I'm not sure how a variant arose with a boat instead of a buggy. Gamaliel (talk) 21:49, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Meditations in an Emergency
Regarding the comment about Mad Men above, this should urge someone to create an article for Meditations in an Emergency. So far, Lunch Poems is the only collection with its own article. This is perhaps because it is the best known. However, because of the reference on Mad Men, the public awareness of Meditations has increased. Though a direct reference on the Frank O'Hara page to Mad Men & its effect on popularity may be stretching relevance somewhat, I do believe having more information about Meditations is at least important. On a separate page for Meditations we can then integrate references to Mad Men more within the bounds of relevance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.253.4.160 (talk) 14:15, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Unpublished novel
Should there be some mention of his unpublished novel, The Fourth of July? I've seen a few references to it online. It sounds interesting. --Rosekelleher (talk) 21:54, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps include the Vanity Fair article with the driver of the Jeep?
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/04/frank-oharas-last-night 177.222.190.154 (talk) 18:30, 12 April 2024 (UTC)