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Kenneth Koch

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Kenneth Koch was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77. He was a prominent poet of the New York School of poetry. This was a loose group of poets including Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery that eschewed contemporary introspective poetry in favor of an exuberant, cosmopolitan style that drew major inspiration from travel, painting, and music.

Books

The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch
The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch
Making Your Own Days
Making Your Own Days
Kenneth Koch
Wishes, Lies, and Dreams
Wishes, Lies, and Dreams
Kenneth Koch, Ron Padgett
La escuela poética de Nueva York
La escuela poética de Nueva York
Frank O'Hara, James Schuyler, Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery, Barbara Guest, Alejandro Morellón, Juan F. Rivero, Ojeda, Mónica, Carlos Recamán, Leonor Saro
Sleeping on the Wing
Sleeping on the Wing
Kenneth Koch, Kate Farrell
On the Great Atlantic Rainway
On the Great Atlantic Rainway
Kenneth Koch
Seasons on Earth
Seasons on Earth
Kenneth Koch
The Art of Poetry
The Art of Poetry
Kenneth Koch
James Schuyler, Kenneth Koch, Harry Mathews, John Ashbery
Locus Solus
III-IV.
Locus Solus
James Schuyler, Kenneth Koch, Harry Mathews, John Ashbery
The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch
The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch
Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?
Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?
Kenneth Koch
The Art of Love
The Art of Love
Kenneth Koch
When the Sun Tries to Go on
When the Sun Tries to Go on
Kenneth Koch
The Duplications
The Duplications
Kenneth Koch
The Red Robins
The Red Robins
Kenneth Koch
The New York Poets
The New York Poets
Frank O'Hara, James Schuyler, Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery
Bastards
Bastards
Kenneth Koch
One Thousand Avant-garde Plays
One Thousand Avant-garde Plays
Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch
The Pleasures of Peace
And Other Poems
The Pleasures of Peace
Kenneth Koch
On the Great Atlantic Rainway
On the Great Atlantic Rainway
Kenneth Koch

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