Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991, Revised Anniversary Edition

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James Schuyler William Corbett

Just the Thing

Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991, Revised Anniversary Edition

James Schuyler, William Corbett

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Turtle Point Press
14 February 2024

Autobiography: literary; Diaries, letters & journals

This fully updated edition of James Schuyler’s letters to three dozen intimates, published on the 100th anniversary of the writer’s birth, offers unparalleled insights into the lives, friendships, and sensibilities that sprang from the influential New York School.

James Schuyler’s effervescent takes on people, nature, art, writing, and love are on joyous display in his letters to John Ashbery, Ron Padgett, Barbara Guest, Alex Katz, Joe Brainard, Kenneth Koch, and many more. They paint an indelible picture of a charmingly self-deprecating gentleman with an expansive intellect and a deliciously wicked tongue. “Jimmy wrote letters for the most civilized of reasons,” a friend of his once said, “to inform and to entertain.”

And that they do, in inimitable style. Peppering his aperçus with the occasional “tout de sweetie” and “pet noire,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Morning of the Poem. While his tone ranges from the lightly graceful to the racily profane, each letter is exquisitely tuned to its recipient. Schuyler’s voice changes over the years and through periods of elation and struggle, including stays with friends and in psychiatric wards. Reading these letters, one becomes intimately connected to the man and to his words, which have only grown more savory and valuable with time.

By: James Schuyler
Edited by: William Corbett
Imprint: Turtle Point Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781885983817
ISBN 10: 1885983816
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 14 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

James Schuyler (1923–1991) was the recipient of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for The Morning of the Poem. He belonged to the first generation of New York School poets, along with Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, and Barbara Guest. He also wrote art criticism and three novels, including one with John Ashbery. William Corbett (1942-2018) was a poet, essayist, educator, and editor who lived in Boston’s South End and, later, in Brooklyn. He taught at Harvard, MIT, and NYU, and was the publisher of Pressed Wafer.