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(1930-1988) Poet. Joel Oppenheimer was born in Yonkers, New York. He was a columnist for the Village Voice from 1969 to 1984 and lived for many years in the Westbeth artists’s community in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Joel Oppenheimer

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline


1930

BIRTH

Joel Oppenheimer was born in Yonkers, New York, in 1930.

1948

OTHER

Oppenheimer attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1948.

1956

LITWORK

The Dutiful Son
Jonathan Williams.

Collection of poetry.

1962

LITWORK

The Love Bit And Other Poems


Collection of poetry.

1966

OTHER

Oppenheimer was director of the Saint Mark's Poetry Project from 1966 until 1968.

1968

LITWORK

In Time
Bobbs-Merrill Company.

Collection of poetry.

1973

LITWORK

The Wrong Season
Bobbs-Merrill.

Nonfiction.

1975

LITWORK

The Woman Poems
Bobbs-Merrill Company.

Collection of poetry.

1980

LITWORK

Just Friends / Friends And Lovers
Jonathan Williams.

Collection of poetry.

1984

LITWORK

Marilyn Lives
Delilah.

Nonfiction.

1985

LITWORK

Why Not


Collection of poetry.

1985

LITWORK

New Spaces


Collection of poetry.

1988

DEATH

Joel Oppenheimer died in Henniker, New Hampshire, in 1988.

1997

LITWORK

Drawing From Life


Collection of 92 columns written for the "Village Voice."

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