Frank Lima (1939 in

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, New YorkOctober 21, 2013 in Long Island, New York) was an American poet most closely associated with the New York School.

Education

Lima received his MFA from

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where he studied under among others

Kenneth Koch Kenneth Koch ( ; 27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77. He was a prominent poet of the New York School of poetry. This was a loose group of poets includ ...

and

Stanley Kunitz Stanley Jasspon Kunitz (; July 29, 1905May 14, 2006) was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000. Biography Kunitz was born in Worcester, Massach ...

. His published volumes of verse include; ''Inventory'' (1964), ''Underground with the Oriole'' (1971 E.P. Dutton), ''Angel, New Poems'' (1976 Liveright Publications), ''Inventory: New & Selected Poems'' (1997 Hard Press) and ''The Beatitudes'' (2000).

Career as chef

Lima was also a classically trained chef who taught at the New York Restaurant School and was an assistant chef at the

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during the

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administration.

Public presence

Lima was depicted in

Wynn Chamberlain Elwyn Moody "Wynn" Chamberlain, (19 May 1927 – 27 November 2014), was an American artist , film maker and author. Described by ''The New York Times'' as a "pioneer realist painter", Chamberlain has two works, ''Interior: Late August'' (1955) a ...

's noted diptych "Poets Dressed and Undressed", which portrays the quartet of

Joe Brainard Joe Brainard (March 11, 1942 – May 25, 1994) was an American artist and writer associated with the New York School. His prodigious and innovative body of work included assemblages, collages, drawing, and painting, as well as designs for book ...

Frank O'Hara Francis Russell "Frank" O'Hara (March 27, 1926 – July 25, 1966) was an American writer, poet, and art critic. A curator at the Museum of Modern Art, O'Hara became prominent in New York City's art world. O'Hara is regarded as a leading figure i ...

, Joe LeSueur and Lima in successive panels, clothed and then naked.

Posthumous Publications

* ''Incidents of Travel in Poetry: New and Selected Poems'' ( City Lights, 2015)

References

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