Joel Oppenheimer was a student of Charles Olson at the original Black Mountain College, a fixture in New York’s West Village, and a lover of the NY Mets. His work embraces the taunt line of W. C .Williams. Lessons returns the work of this essential American poet to print.
No one else speaks with his benevolence and humor and still touches me at the depths of my own fear and love. I think his poems are a Godsend to us all.”
Hayden Carruth
Oppenheimer was an immense and buoyant influence on the poesy of my contemporaries and me.”
Andrei Codrescu
Joel Oppenheimer (1930 - 1988) published more than a dozen books of poetry.
- ISBN13 9781945680007
- Publish Date 27 July 2017
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint White Pine Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 220
- Language English