{"product_id":"lunch-poems-by-frank-ohara-9780872866171","title":"Lunch Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrate the 50th Anniversary of Frank O'Hara's \u003ci\u003eLunch Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLunch Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1964 by City Lights Books as number nineteen in the Pocket Poets series, is widely considered to be Frank O'Hara's freshest and most accomplished collection of poetry. Edited by the poet in collaboration with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Donald Allen, who had published O'Hara's poems in his monumental \u003ci\u003eThe New American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e in 1960, it contains some of the poet's best known works including \"The Day Lady Died,\" \"Ave Maria,\" and \"Poem\" [Lana Turner has collapsed!].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new limited 50th anniversary edition contains a preface by John Ashbery and an editor's note by City Lights publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, along with facsimile reproductions of a selection of previously unpublished correspondence between Ferlinghetti and O'Hara that shed new light on the preparation of \u003ci\u003eLunch Poems\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Frank O'Hara's \u003ci\u003eLunch Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, the little black dress of American poetry books, redolent of cocktails and cigarettes and theatre tickets and phonograph records, turns 50 this year. It seems barely to have aged... This is a book worth imbibing again, especially if you live in Manhattan, but really if you're awake and curious anywhere. O'Hara speaks directly across the decades to our hopes and fears and especially our delights; his lines are as intimate as a telephone call. Few books of his era show less age.\" – Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"City Lights' new reissue of the slim volume includes a clutch of correspondence between O'Hara and Lawrence Ferlinghetti... in which the two poets hash out the details of the book's publication: which poems to consider, their order, the dedication, and even the title. 'Do you still like the title \u003ci\u003eLunch Poems\u003c\/i\u003e?' O'Hara asks Ferlinghetti. 'I wonder if it doesn't sound too much like an echo of \u003ci\u003eReality Sandwiches\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eMeat Science Essays\u003c\/i\u003e.' 'What the hell,' Ferlinghetti replies, 'so we'll have to change the name of City Lights to Lunch Counter Press.'\" – Nicole Rudick, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Frank O'Hara's famed collection was first published in 1964, and, to mark the fiftieth anniversary, City Lights is printing a special edition.\" – \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The volume has never gone out of print, in part because O'Hara expresses himself in the same way modern Americans do: Like many of us, he tries to overcome the absurdity and loneliness of modern life by addressing an audience of anonymous others.\" – Micah Mattix, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"I hope that everyone will delight in the new edition of Frank's \u003ci\u003eLunch Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. The correspondence between Lawrence and Frank is great. Frank was just 33 when he wrote to Lawrence in 1959 and 38 when \u003ci\u003eLunch Poems\u003c\/i\u003e was published! The fact that City Lights kept Frank's \u003ci\u003eLunch Poems\u003c\/i\u003e in print all these years has been extraordinary, wonderful and a constant comfort. Hurray for independent publishers and independent bookstores. Many thanks always to Lawrence Ferlinghetti and everyone at City Lights.\" – Maureen O'Hara, sister of Frank O'Hara\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Frank O'Hara's \u003ci\u003eLunch Poems\u003c\/i\u003e – which has just been reissued in a 50th anniversary hardcover edition – recalls a world of pop art, political and cultural upheaval and (in its own way) a surprising innocence.\" – David Ulin, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596799721708,"sku":"9780872866171","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780872866171-lunch-poems.jpg?v=1777942618","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/lunch-poems-by-frank-ohara-9780872866171","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}