Joe LeSueur

Joe LeSeuer (died 2001) was an American poet and screenwriter. He is known as a lover of Frank O'Hara and the author of Digressions on Some Poems by Frank O’Hara: A Memoir.[1][2][3]

Life

LeSueur grew up Mormon in Los Angeles. LeSeur served in World War II.[2] He attended University of Southern California on the GI Bill.[2] LeSueur came to New York after graduating in 1949.[2][4] LeSueur met O'Hara at a party in 1951,[1] and the two lived together between 1955 and 1965.[5][2] During these years, O'Hara wrote many of his most famous poems, including the collection Lunch Poems.[6] From 1959 to 1963, the two lived at 441 East 9th St in the East Village.[7] As a member of the New York literary and art scenes, LeSueur knew Andy Warhol and the two conspired to write a movie together.[8] He was also a dear friend of writer and translator Patsy Southgate.[6]

LeSueur's social circle is depicted in Wynn Chamberlain's diptych "Poets Dressed and Undressed," which shows LeSueur along side O'Hara, Joe Brainard, and Frank Lima.[9]

LeSueur died in May 2001 in East Hampton, NY.[10]

Career

Having worked as an editor and critic, LeSueur eventually found work as a regular writer for the soap opera "The Guiding Light."[2][6]

LeSeur wrote the screenplays for several films including Another World (1964), Texas (1980) and Ryan's Hope (1975).[11]

With Bill Berkson, LeSueur edited the book Homage to Frank O'Hara (Big Sky Books, 1978).[12]

Digressions on Some Poems is a book that weaves together poems by O'Hara and LeSueur's own memoir.[5] LeSueur finished the book shortly before his own death in 2001.[13]

References
  1. Hammer, Langdon (2003-04-13). "Village People". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  2. Farr, Jason S. (2019-08-19). "The Queer Kinship of Our Literary Lives: A Tribute to My Uncle Joe LeSueur (and Frank O'Hara)". The Rambling. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  3. "Alex Katz Painting Goes To Auction in Los Angeles". lamodern.com. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  4. "Author". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  5. "Digressions on Some Poems by Frank O'Hara | Joe LeSueur | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  6. "Joe LeSueur (1924-2001) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  7. "Frank O'Hara Residence". NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  8. "Andy Warhol - Messy Lives". warholstars.org. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  9. Weber, Bruce (2014-12-07). "Wynn Chamberlain, an Artist in Paint, on Screen and in Novels, Dies at 87 (Published 2014)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  10. "Paid Notice: Deaths LE SUEUR, JOE". The New York Times. 2001-06-14. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  11. "Joe LeSueur". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  12. www.bibliopolis.com. "Homage To Frank O'Hara Big Sky 11/12 by Bill Berkson, Joe LeSueur on Derringer Books". Derringer Books. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  13. "DIGRESSIONS ON SOME POEMS BY FRANK O'HARA: A Memoir". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
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