Daniel Nester’s Article “Goodbye to All Them” on Poets Leaving NYC

Back Table at the Five Spot by Burt Glinn

Doesn’t the Burt Glinn photograph above just about tell it all? Being a huge fan of Frank O’Hara, and any kind of documentary photography that attempts to fix images of creative historical figures in time and place, this one got to me. And then I read the Daniel Nester article and wow, what a terrific pairing of materials. (more…)