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."
Life.
LeSueur grew up Mormon in Los Angeles. He served in World War II and attended the University of Southern California on the GI Bill. After graduating, he moved to New York City in 1949. LeSueur met O'Hara at a party in 1951, and the two lived together between 1955 and 1965. During these years, O'Hara wrote many of his most famous poems, including the collection Lunch Poems. From 1959 to 1963, the two lived at 441 East 9th St in the East Village. As a member of the New York literary and art scenes, LeSueur knew Andy Warhol and the two conspired to write a movie together. He was also a dear friend of writer and translator Patsy Southgate.
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.
He died in May 2001 in East Hampton, NY.
Career.
Having worked as an editor and critic, LeSueur eventually found work as a regular writer for the soap opera "The Guiding Light." He wrote the screenplays for several films including Another World (1964), Texas (1980) and Ryan's Hope (1975).
With Bill Berkson, he edited the book Homage to Frank O'Hara (Big Sky Books, 1978).
"Digressions on Some Poems" is a book that weaves together poems by O'Hara and LeSueur's own memoir. LeSueur finished the book shortly before his own death in 2001.