{"product_id":"books-selected-poems-by-john-ashbery","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelections from the first three decades of the poetry of John Ashbery, author of \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait in a Convex Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The late John Ashbery was a poet whose \"teasing, delicate, soulful lines made him one of the most influential figures of late-20th and early 21st century American literature.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)  This important volume gathers work from his first ten collections of poetry, from \u003ci\u003eSome Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, which was chosen by W.H. Auden for the Yale Younger Poets Series (1956), to \u003ci\u003eA Wave\u003c\/i\u003e (1984). The 138 poems in this volume include short lyrics, haikus, prose poems, and many of Ashbery's major long poems, including \"Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,\" offering a beautiful distillation of the first thirty years of his remarkable, groundbreaking work.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53507698098449,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780140585537.jpg?v=1778132964","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-selected-poems-by-john-ashbery","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}