@article{1356145,
      recid = {1356145},
      author = {Movin, Lars. and Thurah, Thomas,},
      title = {Something wonderful may happen New York School of Poets  and beyond / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (58 min.).},
      year = {2002},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {In the years after World War II the New York School of  Poets set a new agenda for American literature with poetry  that did not shy away from common language, cliches and  humor. The core of the movement was a small group of  writers including Museum of Modern Art curator Frank O Hara  and his friends John Ashbery and Kenneth Koch. This new  generation of poets and artists was fuelled by a strange  mix of optimism and disillusion, fresh energy and  dissatisfaction with the prevalent conformity of the time.  The New York School of Poets manifested a powerful  departure from traditional poetry. Today they are  considered among the most important 20th century poets in  America. This lively and comprehensive film presents  readings and interviews with Ashbery and Koch as well as  rare archival footage of O Hara. Two younger poets, David  Lehman (author of The Last Avant-Garde: The Making of the  New York School of Poets, 1998), and Charles Bernstein,  (coeditor of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E) read poems and discuss the  New York School. Lehman recites his poem "Twin Towers",  remarkable for its relevance today and for its prescience  as he expresses his emotions after the 1993 bombing of the  World Trade Center. Other writers appearing include: Hettie  Jones, Jordan Davis, and Bill Morgan. In addition, artists  Jane Freilicher, Alfred Leslie and Larry Rivers discuss the  important connections between the writers and the famous  visual artists of the 1950s (the New York School of  Painters).},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1356145},
}