Frank Kuenstler (1928–1996) was a New York poet and filmmaker. His work appeared in The Nation, the Village Voice, Film Culture, and in such anthologies as ''Mixed Voices and America: A Prophecy''. ''Lens'' first appeared in ''Film Culture'' No. 33 (Summer 1964). He taught at the School of Visual Arts, edited ''Bread and Airplane'', and was one of the animating spirits of Eventorium, an arts collective on Manhattan’s upper west side.
Audio tapes of two readings can be heard at PennSoun
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20110611172208/http://www.milkmag.org/milkinfo.pdf
* http://www.thenation.com/authors/frank-kuenstler
* http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Kuenstler.php
* http://eclipsearchive.org/projects/LENS/Lens.pdf
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1928 births1996 deaths20th-century American poets