Join us on Thursday, September 10 at 4:00pm for “‘Also a Poet’: Frank O’Hara” a special presentation by Jesse Johnson, PhD candidate in the Department of English, UCLA, and recipient of the Strochlitz Travel Grant sponsored by the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.  Mr. Johnson will present on his recent research in the Allen Collection of Frank O’Hara Letters housed at the Dodd Center and their relevance to his studies of portraiture and self-representation in the work of the poets John Ashbery and Frank O’Hara, and the visual artist Larry Rivers.    

The presentation, and discussion immediately following, will take place from 4:00 to 5:00pm in Room 162 of the Dodd Research Center and is free and open to the public.  Staff, faculty, students, and interested friends are welcome!