O'Hara, a key interpreter of the aesthetics of abstract-expressionism, was a vital presence in New York's dynamic postwar art world, whether as a curator at the Museum of Modem Art, a visionary critic, a lushly original and lyrical poet, or an unflagging, often outrageous socialite. Donna Seaman, Booklist Moving in the way that only ... Read moresimple communication can be moving. . . . His poems always manage a fresh start, free from the dreadful posturings of the conventional verse of his generation. Kenneth Rexroth, The New York Times Book Review Show Less