Get the Money!

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"Get the Money!" encapsulates Ted Berrigan's approach to paid writing gigs that supported his poetic career. This long-awaited collection features essential prose from 1960 until his untimely death in 1983, including essays, reviews, introductions, and journal entries. It showcases Berrigan's innovative poetics and the vibrant creative environment of East Village New York's Poetry Project, where he played a pivotal role. Highlights include his 1960s journals, revealing his early poetic explorations and bohemian lifestyle; the unpublished "Some Notes About 'C,'" which serves as a memoir of the second-generation New York School; a poignant obituary titled "Frank O'Hara Dead at 40"; unique book "reviews" crafted entirely from collaged lines; insightful art critiques of contemporaries like Joe Brainard and Jane Freilicher; and his infamous, entirely fabricated "Interviews" with John Cage and John Ashbery. This collection offers a glimpse into Berrigan's evolving aesthetics, capturing the era's excitement and celebrating the poets and artists he admired.