Joel Oppenheimer | |
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 Beauty and the Beast, Oppenheimer with Francine du Plessix Gray at Black Mountain College, 1951. Photograph by Jonathan Williams. | |
| Born | February 18, 1930 Yonkers, New York |
| Died | October 11, 1988 (aged 58) Henniker, New Hampshire |
| Pen name | Jacob Hammer |
| Alma mater | Cornell University Black Mountain College |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Literary movement | Black Mountain poets |
Joel Lester Oppenheimer (Jacob Hammer) (February 18, 1930 – October 11, 1988) was an American poet associated with both the Black Mountain poets and the New York School. He was the first director of the St. Marks Poetry Project (1966–1968). Though a poet, Oppenheimer was perhaps better known for his columns in the Village Voice from 1969 to 1984.