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James Schuyler (1923-1991) was a preeminent figure in the celebrated New York School of poets. He grew up in Washington, D.C., and near Buffalo, New York. After World WarII, he made his way to Italy, where he served for a time asW.H.Auden's secretary. His books include three novels,A Nest of Ninnies(written with John Ashbery),Alfred and Guinevere, andWhat's For Dinner, as well as numerous volumes of poetry. John Ashbery is the author of twenty books of poetry, includingSelf-Portrait in a Convex Mirror(1975), which received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award; andSome Trees(1956), which was selected byW. H.Auden for the Yale Younger Poets Series. He has also published art criticism, plays, and a novel. Ashbery is currently the Charles P. Stevenson, Jr., Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College.
Poet John Ashbery introduces this slim novel by his late friend Schuyler (1923-91), a fellow poet of the so-called New York School, a style characterized by its breezy now-ness, its do-this-then-that narration, and its use of seemingly simple language. When Schuyler published his odd little book in 1958, he had yet to make his name as a poet, and it's in that connection Ashbery finds the most value to his friend's tale of two bickering children, which Ashbery reads biographically. Kirkus (March 15, 1958, p. 246) was intrigued by the brother and sister and their various skirmishes, misadventures, and mishaps. With impressive foresight, we praised Schuyler for the very qualities Ashbery celebrates with hindsight: the tape-recording-like accuracy of language so sure and so clear. Readers annoyed by the poet's often puerile verse may find his childlike prose redeeming. (Kirkus Reviews)
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