"When Ada Calhoun stumbled upon old cassette tapes of interviews her father, celebrated art critic Peter Schjeldahl, had conducted for his never-completed biography of poet Frank O'Hara, she set out to finish the book her father had started forty years earlier. As a lifelong O'Hara fan who grew up amid his bohemian cohort in the East Village, Calhoun thought the project would be easy, even fun, but the deeper she dove, the more she had to face not just O'Hara's past, but also her father's, and her own. The result is a groundbreaking and kaleidoscopic memoir that weaves compelling literary history with a moving, honest, and tender story of a complicated father-daughter bond. Also a Poet explores what happens when we want to do better than our parents, yet fear what that might cost us; when we seek their approval, yet mistrust it. In reckoning with her unique heritage, as well as providing new insights into the life of one of our most important poets, Calhoun offers a brave and hopeful meditation on parents and children, artistic ambition, and the complexities of what we leave behind."

Author of legendary bestseller *Growing Up Absurd *(1960), Paul Goodman was also a poet, an "out" homosexual (and family man), pacifist, visionary, co-founder of Gestalt therapy—and a moral compass for many in the burgeoning counterculture of the ’60s. PAUL GOODMAN CHANGED MY LIFE immerses you in an era of high intellect when New York was peaking culturally and artistically. Using a treasure trove of archival media—selections from Goodman’s poetry; quotes from Susan Sontag, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Noam Chomsky; plentiful footage of Goodman himself; plus interviews with his family, peers and activists—directorbJonathan Lee has woven together a rich portrait of an intellectual heavyweight whose ideas are long overdue for rediscovery. "*It has a passionate, almost prophetic sense of the impact that a writer and thinker can have on his times and the future.*" - A.O. Scott, ***The New York Times***

Author of legendary bestseller *Growing Up Absurd *(1960), Paul Goodman was also a poet, an "out" homosexual (and family man), pacifist, visionary, co-founder of Gestalt therapy—and a moral compass for many in the burgeoning counterculture of the ’60s. PAUL GOODMAN CHANGED MY LIFE immerses you in an era of high intellect when New York was peaking culturally and artistically. Using a treasure trove of archival media—selections from Goodman’s poetry; quotes from Susan Sontag, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Noam Chomsky; plentiful footage of Goodman himself; plus interviews with his family, peers and activists—directorbJonathan Lee has woven together a rich portrait of an intellectual heavyweight whose ideas are long overdue for rediscovery. "*It has a passionate, almost prophetic sense of the impact that a writer and thinker can have on his times and the future.*" - A.O. Scott, ***The New York Times***

"William Morris is best known for his colorful wallpapers and textiles, inspired by the English forests and wild foliage where he grew up. But did you know this icon of the Arts and Crafts Movement was also a poet, a painter, a preservationist, an activist, an environmentalist, and a maker of many other beautiful useful things, like books?"-- "A poetic story about the life and work of William Morris, maker of beautiful, useful things, sure to engage young dreamers and artists alikeWilliam Morris is best known for his colorful wallpapers and textiles, inspired by the English forests and wild foliage where he grew up. But did you know this icon of the Arts and Crafts Movement was also a poet, a painter, a preservationist, an activist, an environmentalist, and a maker of many other beautiful useful things, like books?"--

A #1 bestselling author shows how a boy from small-town New York made it to literary stardom.