Abstract
Frank O'Hara introduced his occasional poem Lana Turner has col lapsed! at a poetry reading in 1962, explaining to the audience that he had written the poem on the Staten Island Ferry en route to the reading. Robert Lowell was also in attendance that day, and when it came time For him to read, Lowell apologized For not having written his poem on the spot too.1 In Lowell's retort, the more established poet is alluding to the care with which he writes, while O'Hara brags about his carelessness and spontaneity. O'Hara looks like the more e?Fusive oF the two, and so we are leFt to ponder
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