A Hundred Suns

by Ken Kiff

Three poems by Mayakovsky, O'Hara and Ken Kiff's close friend Martha Kapos shed light on the way Kiff, like Paul Klee before him, took a line for a walk, and then another line, and then yet another. Kapos' poem was inspired by A true account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island by Frank O'Hara, which was written in jealous awe after reading Mayakovsky's An Extraordinary Adventure Which Befell Vladimir Mayakovsky in a Summer Cottage.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1739544919
• ISBN13: 9781739544911
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Shearsman Books
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.5" x 9.3"