"Frank [O'Hara] was painted by a number of artists but none captured his penis as I remember it. Though nothing to be ashamed about, it was remarkable not for it's size, but for it's...."
What a way to tease a reader! Does anyone have this book? This quote is on page 95! Tell me! What was remarkable about O'Hara's penis???
About Me
- Eduardo C. Corral
- Eduardo C. Corral is a CantoMundo fellow. He holds degrees from ASU and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, jubilat, New England Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, and Post Road. His work has been honored with a "Discovery"/The Nation award and residencies from The MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. He has served as the Olive B. O'Connor Fellow in Creative Writing at Colgate University and as the Philip Roth Resident in Creative Writing at Bucknell University. He's the interview editor for Boxcar Poetry Review. He won the 2011 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition.
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I actually do have this book and was just reading that paragraph the other day. I don't have it in front of me, but apparently O'Hara had a lot of...
Anticip...(say it!)...ation.
"but for his long, loose foreskin, which seemed designed for a much larger organ, and gave it the appearance of a horse cock...."
Page, 83. The Man Who Would Marry Susan Sontag.
This is a terrific book. Edward is so real and smart and honest...
I had the pleasure of meeting and hearing Edward read from this book over the summer. He was brilliant...and oh so candid. lol
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