Also a Poet is a groundbreaking and kaleidoscopic memoir that weaves compelling literary history with a moving, honest, and tender story of a complicated father-daughter bond.
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 Calhoun attempts to course-correct her father’s shortcomings—which she details at length (in the book and to his face)—she crafts a masterpiece entirely her own.
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.
One meeting: Monday, April 15, from 8:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Also a Poet is available in print, hoopla ebook, and Libby ebook.
Features: numerous public meeting rooms, public computers, wireless laptops and iPads for in-house use and vending area.
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