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What if poetry were something else entirely? Remembering John Ashbery (Terence Winch)
I met John Asbery in November of 1973 when I went with a group of friends to hear him read in DC. Maybe it was the Library of Congress. I can’t remember. Michael Lally…
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The Library of America pays tribute to John Ashbery
Geoffrey O'Brien, outgoing editor-in-chief of the Library of America, has put together this package of short reminiscences from writers on whom JA had a major influence. Photo credit: Star…
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Is a market top on tap? “Noodles” weighs in [by David Lehman]
Everyone knows that stocks these days, especially US stocks, are overvalued. But picking a market top is no easy matter. David Aronson, former professor at Baruch College,now president of a research firm that develops…
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Memories of You: John Ashbery [by DL]
<<<Waking skies at sunriseEvery sunset tooSeems to be bringing meMemories of you. . .>>> JA's love of popular song has not been sufficiently documented. He adored the Gershwins' "Love Walked In," for example.…
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Fragments 90-102 from Selected Squibs [by Alan Ziegler]
In the freshman dining hall, a maraschino cherry tops most desserts. We save the cherry for last and ritually eat it simultaneously. One night, we see four industrial sized cans of maraschino cherries stacked…
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Remembering John Ashbery: “There is nothing that gives a more thrilling sense of Ashbery at work.” [by Charles Bernstein]
John Ashbery and Charles Bernstein in 2008. Photo (c) Susan Bee, Several years ago, David Kermani proposed that I work with John Ashbery and him on a big manuscript-focused digital project. David and I…
