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The New York School, a loose network of avant-garde artists and writers most active in the 1950s–1960s, was so diverse it stretches the meaning of "school" to the breaking point, assuming different meanings at different times, sometimes emphasizing the visual artists, sometimes the writers. Poet Bill Berkson, in his foreword to this wonderful book, writes, "surface energy (was) the one attribute shared across the board…impulse and reckless assemblage that ke...Log In or Sign Up to Read More