A monumental event in American poetry Get the Moneyampamp160brings together the essential prose writings of iconic New York School poet Ted Berrigan.Ted Berrigan was a leader of the New York School his crazy energy embodied that movement and the city itself.John Ashbery author of SelfPortrait in a Convex Mirrorampamp8220Get the Moneyampamp8221 was Ted Berrigans mantra for the paid writing gigs he took on in support of his career as a poet. This longawaited collection of his essential prose draws upon the many essays reviews introductions and other texts he produced for hire as well as material from his journals travelogues and assorted unclassifiable creative texts. Get the Money documents Berriganampamp8217s innovative poetics and techniques as well as the creative milieu of poetsampamp8212centered around New Yorkampamp8217s Poetry Projectampamp8212for whom he served as both nurturer and catalyst.