{"product_id":"also-a-poet-frank-ohara-my-father-and-me-9780802162137","title":"Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eA staggering memoir from\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author Ada Calhoun tracing her fraught relationship with her father and their shared obsession with a great poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ada Calhoun stumbled upon old cassette tapes of interviews her father, celebrated art critic Peter Schjeldahl, had conducted for his never-completed biography of poet Frank O'Hara, she set out to finish the book her father had started forty years earlier. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a lifelong O'Hara fan who grew up amid his bohemian cohort in the East Village, Calhoun thought the project would be easy, even fun, but the deeper she dove, the more she had to face not just O'Hara's past, but also her father's, and her own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a groundbreaking and kaleidoscopic memoir that weaves compelling literary history with a moving, honest, and tender story of a complicated father-daughter bond. \u003ci\u003eAlso a Poet\u003c\/i\u003e explores what happens when we want to do better than our parents, yet fear what that might cost us; when we seek their approval, yet mistrust it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn reckoning with her unique heritage, as well as providing new insights into the life of one of our most important poets, Calhoun offers a brave and hopeful meditation on parents and children, artistic ambition, and the complexities of what we leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13852446\"\u003eAda Calhoun\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802162137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802162134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAda Calhoun\u003c\/b\u003e is the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSt. Marks Is Dead, Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhy We Can't Sleep.\u003c\/i\u003e She has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44475524448493,"sku":"9780802162137","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_7f40b019-1166-4208-97f7-6eaae5ae638e.jpg?v=1700672453","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/also-a-poet-frank-ohara-my-father-and-me-9780802162137","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}