John Yau

Author of Paradiso Diaspora (Poets, Penguin)

About the Author

Critically acclaimed poet and critic John Yau is the author of numerous publications in the fine arts, including The United States of Jasper Johns (1997), Ed Moses: A Retrospective (1996), Morris Graves: Flower Paintings (1994), and In the Realm of Appearances: The Art of Andy Warhol (1993). Yau show more works and resides in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Works by John Yau

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Paradiso Diaspora (Poets, Penguin) (2006) 29 copies

Borrowed Love Poems (Poets, Penguin) (2002) 29 copies

Fetish: An Anthology (1998) — Editor; Contributor — 27 copies, 1 review

Radiant Silhouette: New and Selected Work, 1974-1988 (1989) 26 copies

My Symptoms (1998) 24 copies

Further Adventures in Monochrome (2012) 23 copies

A Thing Among Things: The Art of Jasper Johns (2008) 23 copies

Fred Tomaselli: Monsters Of Paradise (2005) 21 copies

Ed Moses: A Retrospective of Paintings and Drawings, 1951-1996 (1996) 21 copies

Joan Mitchell: Works on Paper 1956-1992 (2007) 21 copies

Tim Hawkinson: How Man is Knit (2007) 20 copies

In the Realm of Appearances: The Art of Andy Warhol (1993) 18 copies

Edificio Sayonara (1992) 18 copies

Hawaiian Cowboys (1995) 17 copies

Bill Jensen [cat.exp., Cheim & Read Gallery, Feb 15-Mar 24 2007] (2013) 16 copies

Forbidden Entries (1996) 15 copies

Joan Mitchell: Trees (2014) 15 copies

Sean Scully: Night and Day (2014) 14 copies

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose Tattoo (2001) 13 copies

A.R. Penck (1993) 13 copies

Ing Grish : poems (2005) — Author — 12 copies, 1 review

Mark Di Suvero: Indoors (2005) 11 copies

The United States of Jasper Johns (1997) 11 copies

Thomas Nozkowski: Recent Work 2008 (2008) 11 copies

Catherine Murphy: New Work (2008) 10 copies

Richard Artschwager (2002) 10 copies

James Castle: The Common Place (2000) 10 copies

Please Wait by the Coatroom: Reconsidering Race and Identity in American Art (2023) 9 copies

Genghis Chan on Drums (2021) 9 copies

Bruce Nauman: Selected works (2000) 9 copies

Sean Scully: Recent Paintings (1999) 9 copies

California Landscapes: Richard Diebenkorn / Wayne Thiebaud (2018) 8 copies

Big City Primer (1991) — Author — 8 copies

Juan Usle: Brezales (2008) 8 copies

Sometimes : poems (1979) 8 copies

Randy Hayes: The World Reveiled (1999) 8 copies

Thomas Nozkowski (Contemporary Painters Series) (2017) 7 copies

The Passionate Spectator: Essays on Art and Poetry (Poets On Poetry) (2006) 7 copies

Jessica Stockholder (2002) 7 copies

Larry Rivers: Later Works (2012) 7 copies

Diverse representations 1990 : September 18-November 18, 1990 (1990) 6 copies

Corpse and Mirror (1983) 6 copies

Bijoux in the Dark (2018) 6 copies

Joe Brainard: The Art of the Personal (2022) 6 copies

Frankenthaler: East and Beyond [cat. exp., Knoedler & Company, New York, Jan. 8-Mar. 11, 2011] (2011) 6 copies

In Pursuit of the Invisible: Selections from the Collection of Janice and Mickey Cartin (1996) 6 copies

Suzanne Caporael: Seeing Things (2012) 6 copies

Catherine Murphy (2016) 6 copies

Young Brash Abstract: January 18 - March 10, 2002 (2002) 6 copies

The Wild Children of William Blake (2017) 5 copies

Charles Seliger: Chaos to complexity (an exhibition catalogue) (2003) 5 copies

Michael Goldberg: New Paintings (2007) 5 copies

Tim Eitel: Centre of Gravity (2007) 5 copies

Robert Rauschenberg North African Collages and Scatole Personali c. 1952 (Exhibition Catalog Craig F. Starr Gallery) (2012) 5 copies

Liu Xiaodong (2021) 5 copies

Matthew Wong: The New World (2022) 5 copies

Mary Frank: Elemental Expression, Sculpture 1969-1985 & Recent Work (2013) 5 copies

Maki Na Kamura (2025) 4 copies

Daniel Douke (2008) 4 copies

Mernet Larsen (2013) 4 copies

Al Taylor: Early Paintings (2017) 4 copies

Nicholas Krushenick: A Survey (2012) 4 copies

New Response, The: Contemporary Painters Of the Hudson River (1985) 4 copies

Sean Scully: Glorious Dust (2006) 4 copies

Yvonne Jacquette (2010) 4 copies

Alex Katz: Grass and Trees (2018) 3 copies

Architecture of Ink (1998) 3 copies

Tell it Slant (2023) 3 copies

Marjorie Strider (2011) 3 copies

George Ohr Pottery: "No Two Alike" (2015) 3 copies

The Triumph of Poverty: Poetry Inspired by the Work of Nicole Eisenman (2012) 3 copies

California Landscapes: Richard Diebenkorn, Wayne Thiebaud (2018) 3 copies

Miguel Angel Rios (1991) 3 copies

Chamberlain / Harris / Matta-Clark / Oppenheim / Serra / Smithson / Weiner (1991) 3 copies

RYB: Mary Heilmann Paintings, 1975-78 (2017) 2 copies

Jake Berthot: Recent Work 1988-89 (1989) 2 copies

Air Lines (1989) 2 copies

George Ohr Pottery; "No Two Alike" (2015) 2 copies

Jurgen Partenheimer: Border Lines: Encaustic Drawings (1998) 2 copies

Viva la Difference: Poetry Inspired by the Painting of Peter Saul (2010) 2 copies

William Tillyer: A Retrospective (2021) 2 copies

Lois Dodd Windows and Doorways: Three Decades of Paintings [exhibition] Alexandre Gallery, New York, January 23-March 1, 2003 2 copies

Berlin Diptychon: Poems (1995) 2 copies

Raimonds Staprans 2 copies

Don Gummer (2021) 2 copies

The Low-Tech Manual (1981) 2 copies

Brenda Zlamany (1998) 2 copies

The sleepless night of Eugene Delacroix (1980) 2 copies

Essay and poem by John Yau (1992) 2 copies

Broken Off by the Music (1981) 2 copies

Susana Jaime-Mena : sculpture, 1988-2000 (2001) 2 copies

Ha Chong-Hyun: Return to Color 2 copies

New Smoke: An Anthology of Poetry Inspired By Neo Rauch (2009) 2 copies

Lacanian Ink 4 (1991) 2 copies

États-Unis de Jasper Johns (2003) 2 copies

Tom Levine. Paintings and Drawings. (1996) 2 copies

Richard Pousette-Dart: Mythic Heads and Forms: Paintings and Drawings from 1935 to 1942 (2003) 2 copies

Exhibits (Small Press Distribution (All Titles)) (2010) 2 copies

Tàpies (1990) 2 copies

Miguel Rios (1992) 2 copies

Lacanian Ink 10 (1995) 2 copies

Robert Rauschenberg: North African Collages and Scatole Personali c. 1952 2 copies

Brett Bigbee: Recent Work (2011) 2 copies

The Private World of Red Grooms 2 copies

SUZAN FRECON: WORKS RELATING TO PAINTING 1988-1994 (1999) 2 copies

Alex Katz: Grass and Trees (2018) 2 copies

Philip Taaffe (2018) 2 copies

Varujan Boghosian Paul Resika Works on P (2006) 2 copies

Joanna Pousette-Dart (2008) 2 copies

John Pai: Liquid Steel (2023) 2 copies

Jasper Johns Prints 2 copies

Don Gummer--sculpture : essay (2000) 2 copies

Así en la tierra como en el cielo: Exposición retrospectiva de Miguel Angel Ríos, 1979-1993 (Spanish Edition) (1993) 2 copies

Jasper Johns: Prints (2008) 2 copies

Awards in the Visual Arts 3 (1984) 1 copy

Murder 1 copy

Four Painters: Michael Kessler, Archie Rand, Mark Schlesinger, Lynton Wells (1989) 1 copy

Varujan Boghosian, Paul Resika Works on Paper; Essay By John Yau (2006) 1 copy

Il Mondo di Fausto Melotti (2014) 1 copy

Stanley Rosen: Shaping Space (2020) 1 copy

Chihung Yang Paintings and Works on Paper , 1983-86 1 copy

Pia Fries: Farnese 1 copy

Mernet Larsen 1 copy, 1 review

Michael Kessler, John Yau 1 copy

Art Green: Certain Subjects (2015) 1 copy

Diary of Small Discontents: New & Selected Poems 1974–2024 (2025) 1 copy

Chamberlain / Harris / Matta-Clark / Oppenheim / Serra / Smithson / Weiner 1 copy

Bernice Bing: BINGO 1 copy

Rackstraw Downes (1984) 1 copy

Robert Birmelin 1 copy

Sotto Voce E Outros Poemas (2017) 1 copy

Tom Uttech: New Paintings 2004 (2004) 1 copy

Full Stop 1 copy

Thomas Bang : et udvalg af tidlige arbejder 1968-1974 (1995) 1 copy

Max Gimblett Paintings [1 June - 1 July 1995] 1 copy

Sam Francis 1 copy

Anton van Dalen : Community of Many (2022) 1 copy

Norman Bluhm : the 70s (2019) 1 copy

Pia Fries Farnese Miles McEnery Gallery 1 copy, 1 review

Garner Tullis: Introduction / Einleitung (1998) 1 copy

Louise Fishman 2000 (2000) 1 copy

John Wesley: fiction/nonfiction 1 copy

Foreign Sounds or Sounds Foreign (2020) 1 copy

Piccadilly or Paradise. Poems, Drawings (1995) 1 copy

Lines Spaces: Joseloff Gallery Guest Curator Series 1 copy

Lois Dodd: Windows and Doorways: Three Decades of Painting (2003) 1 copy

John Wesley, Selected Paintings: 1963-1973 1 copy

James Rosenquist: Never Mind from Thoughts to Drawing (1990) 1 copy

Michael Mazur: Diary Paintings & Collages 2004 - 2005 [exhibition: Oct. 27- Dec. 3, 1995] (2005) 1 copy

Miklos Pogany, Paintings and Works on Paper: The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., March 30-May 26, 1985 (1985) 1 copy

Christopher Brown, 1989-1990. 1 copy

Hunt Slonem: Paintings (1985) 1 copy

Tom Levine. Paintings and Drawings. (1996) 1 copy

Loiuse Fisherman 1 copy

Theresa Chong: Etudes (2007) 1 copy

Robert Bauer Paintings & Drawings (2001) 1 copy

William Tillyer: Watercolours (2010) 1 copy

Chuck Close Recent Paintings PaceWildenStein, Beverly Hills and New York, 1995-1996 1 copy

LOUISE FISHMAN 1 copy

Southeast seven 8: an exhibition of the seven NEA/SECCA Southeastern Artists Fellowship recipients for 1984–85 1 copy

Mary Heilmann: Color And Passion (Reihe Cantz) (1998) 1 copy

I Was A Poet In The House Of Frankenstein (1999) 1 copy

Pop: Roy Lichtenstein, Konrad Lueg, Claes Oldensburg, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol 1 copy

Yuri Kuper : recent work, September 19-October 14, 1989 (1989) 1 copy

Porfirio DiDonna : paintings from the 1970s 1 copy

Sometimes poems (Signed) (1979) 1 copy

Edificio Sayonara (1773) 1 copy

Sleepless Night of Eugene Delacroix 1 copy

Jorinde Voigt: Pieces for Words and Views (2012) 1 copy

Lui Shtini A sawdust Feast (2017) 1 copy

Murder; Volume 1, Number 4 (1995) 1 copy

Mary Frank - Transformations: Wood Sculpture, 1957-1967 and Recent Photographs (2011) 1 copy

Norman Bluhm: A Retrospective of Works on Paper 1948-1998 1 copy

The Reading of an Ever-Changing Tale (1977) 1 copy

Crossing Canal Street (1976) 1 copy

Norbert Prangenberg, October 4-25, 1986 (1986) 1 copy

Osmo Rauhala: Vuoden nuori taiteilija 1992 1 copy

Radiant Silhouette: New & Selected Work, 1974-1988 1 copy

Susan Bee 1 copy

Peter Waite 1 copy

Abstraction From Two Coasts (1995) 1 copy

Norman Bluhm: a Retrospective of Works on Paper 1948-1998 (2010) 1 copy

Richard Artschwager: Into the Desert (2015) 1 copy

Dragon's blood 1 copy

Tapies 1 copy

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The Best American Poetry 2000 (2000) — Contributor — 218 copies

A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by Joseph Cornell (2001) — Contributor — 208 copies, 2 reviews

The Best American Poetry 2002 (2002) — Contributor — 192 copies, 1 review

Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction (1993) — Contributor — 169 copies, 3 reviews

Out There: Marginalization and Contemporary Culture (1990) — Contributor — 116 copies

On a Bed of Rice (1995) — Contributor — 80 copies

The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them (2016) — Contributor — 77 copies

The Best American Poetry 2021 (2021) — Contributor — 72 copies

Transforming Vision: Writers on Art (1994) — Contributor — 71 copies

The Best American Poetry 2023 (The Best American Poetry series) (2023) — Contributor — 58 copies

The Best American Poetry 2020 (2020) — Contributor — 57 copies, 1 review

Under Western Eyes: Personal Essays from Asian America (1995) — Contributor — 37 copies

Morris Graves: Flower Paintings (1994) — Introduction, some editions — 35 copies

60 Years of American Poetry (1996) — Contributor — 34 copies, 1 review

Premonitions: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry (1995) — Contributor — 27 copies

Bold Words: A Century of Asian American Writing (2001) — Contributor — 22 copies

Poetry Magazine Vol. 207 No. 5, February 2016 (2016) — Contributor — 13 copies, 1 review

White Teeth, Red Blood: Selected Vampiric Verses (2025) — Contributor — 13 copies

Dazzling Water, Dazzling Light (2001) — some editions — 12 copies

Poetry Magazine Vol. 201 No. 5, February 2013 (2013) — Contributor — 5 copies

Two Cents: Works on Paper by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Poetry by Kevin Young (1995) — Contributor — 3 copies

Sulfur 9 — Contributor — 1 copy

Telephone 15 — Contributor — 1 copy

Fire Exit, April, foldout issue, cover by Philip Guston — Contributor — 1 copy

Talisman: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, Number 4, The Susan Howe Issue — Contributor — 1 copy

Gregory Gillespie (1996) — Foreword — 1 copy

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