Notes from the Air by John Ashbery

Notes from the Air by John Ashbery

This long-awaited volume, a new selection of his later poems, spans ten major collections by one of America's most visionary and influential poets. Chosen by the author himself, the poems in Notes from the Air represent John Ashbery's best work from the past two decades, from the critically acclaimed April Galleons and Flow Chart to the 2005 National Book Award finalist Where Shall I Wander.

While Ashbery has long been considered a powerful force in twentieth-century culture, Notes from the Air demonstrates clearly how important and relevant his writing continues to be, well into the twenty-first century. Many of the selections found here are regularly taught in university classrooms across the country, and critics and scholars vigorously debate his newest works as well as his classics. He has already published four major books since the turn of the new millennium, and, although 2007 marked his eightieth birthday, this legendary literary figure continues to write fresh, new, and vibrant poetry that remains as stimulating, provocative, and controversial as ever.

Notes from the Air reveals, for the first time in one volume, the remarkable evolution of Ashbery's poetry from the mid-1980s into the new century, and offers an irresistible sampling of some of the finest work by a poet the New York Times has called a "national treasure."

Quick Question is John Ashbery's most recent collection of poems. He was the art critic for the International Herald Tribune and the ARTnews Paris reporter from 1960 to 1965. He is a Knight de l'ordre des Arts et Lettres and an Officier de la Légion d'honneur in France. President Barack Obama presented him with a National Book Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to American Literature, as well as a National Humanities Medal.