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“Remembering JA” [by David Lehman]
Ever since the John Ashbery Festival that we held at the New School in April 2006, April 7 is officially "John Ashbery Day" in perpetuity in New York City. I just thought I'd…
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Remembering John Ashbery [by Michael Malinowitz and Evelyn Horowitz-Malinowitz]
From left to right: Michael Malinowitz, Chard deNiord (now, poet Laureate of Vermont) and of course John. The background is a carpet bought from David Kermani. Photo (c) Evelyn Horowitz-Malinowitz Dear Stacey and David, So many…
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Remembering John Ashbery a poet of the ineffable who mastered many modes [by Matthew Zapruder]
The poetry of John Ashbery, who died Sept. 3 at age 90, had a singular and lasting influence on me from when I first started writing. Later, I was fortunate to meet him enough…
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Remembering John Ashbery: America is a fun country [by John Emil Vincent]
John Ashbery photo by Jill Krementz. I remember (vividly) John saying the words: “And the devil doesn’t give a shit about who you are / or if your name has an umlaut to it,”…
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Remembering John Ashbery: The Gift of The Unanticipated [by Archie Rand]
John Ashbery and Archie Rand signing their series “Flow Chart Illuminated” I was the kid mascot to Clem Greenberg’s troops. Although I was well treated their assumed trajectory was haughtily self-referential, if not comically oblivious.…
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John Ashbery, 1927-2017 (by Mitch Sisskind)
You do change into an insect but, Pshaw, you knew it would end this way. It ain’t even half bad. Most folks don’t Notice and them few that fears you Aren’t who you want…
