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...Hara's short life, somewhat surprisingly, does not always make for the best reading. The poet laureate of 1950s bohemian New York passed his first 20 years in relative quiet, leading a withdrawn existence in a small Massachussetts town. And despite the assurance on the book jacket of Brad Gooch's City Poet that O'Hara's accidental death at 40 struck down a poet "at the height of his powers," this book portrays these last years as more consumed by depression and alcoholism than creative passion...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, | Title: Parties and Poetry | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

...while the hefty and turbulent mid-section of this biography is fascinating, it is dragged down at either end by a surplus of mundane details. Quoting extensively from O'Hara's letters, journals and an unpublished novel, Gooch recounts in painstaking detail the poet's placid early years and his startingly unconfrontational outlook. In those years, the poet conformed at least externally to American middle class expectations, escorting girl-friends to prom, enlisting for service in World War II, writing home affectionate letters filled with responsible advice for his younger siblings. Although filled with vague bohemian aspirations and troubled...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, | Title: Parties and Poetry | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

...town G.I., who once wrote naive letters home suddenly began to use a cosmopolitan, often arch and usually hilarious poetic voice. At Harvard O'Hara developed his unique style, incorporating the traces of French Surrealism, American popular culture and chatty injoking that would characterize the New York poets. Disappointingly, Gooch records this artistic blossoming and social awakening without venturing much explanation for it; his careful recounting of events does little on its own to bridge the startling disjunction in O'Hara's life...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, | Title: Parties and Poetry | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

Maryanne Latimer is among the faithful. A middle-age massage therapist, she has been plagued by chronic fatigue syndrome and has therefore expanded her usual menu of vitamins and minerals. She shops at Mrs. Gooch's about once a week, in addition to other vitamin shops. "I take tons of vitamin C and E," she admits, plus calcium and a daily vitamin-mineral complex. Recently she added to her regimen three tablets a day of pantothenic acid (a lesser-known vitamin) "to help me wake up." Basically, says Latimer, "I'm looking for anything to make me feel better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Scoop On Vitamins | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

Already many people consider the old RDAs, with their focus on preventing scurvy and other rare deficiency problems, to be irrelevant to real health needs. "Our clientele generally thinks of the RDA as a kind of joke," says Sandy Gooch, owner of the chain of seven Mrs. Gooch's markets in Southern California. What's actually needed, vitamin advocates suggest, is guidelines for optimal consumption. That amount may very well depend upon age, sex and life-style habits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Scoop On Vitamins | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

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