Selected Poems by John Ashbery

Selected Poems by John Ashbery

Selections from the first three decades of the poetry of John Ashbery, author of Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award

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." (The New York Times)  This important volume gathers work from his first ten collections of poetry, from Some Trees, which was chosen by W.H. Auden for the Yale Younger Poets Series (1956), to A Wave (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.

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.

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ISBN 13	9780140585537
ISBN 10	0140585532
Title	Selected Poems
Author	John Ashbery
Series	Penguin Poets
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	1986-12-02
Number of pages	368
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