John Ashbery

John Ashbery

John Ashbery's most popular book is Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror with 25 saves and an average rating of 5.

Author Bio

John Ashbery, has won nearly every major American award for poetry and is recognized as one of America's most important, though still controversial, poets. In an article on Elizabeth Bishop in his Selected Prose, he characterizes himself as having been described as "a harebrained, homegrown surrealist whose poetry defies even the rules and logic of Surrealism." ([Source][1].)

[1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ashbery

Authorship percentage indicates primary author status - excluding introductions, forewards and other contributions.

Series

2 primary books12 released books

Authored 8% of series

Yale Series of Younger Poets

Yale Series of Younger Poets is a 12-book series with 111 released primary works first released in 1956 with contributions by Sean Singer, Carl Phillips, and Airea D. Matthews.

Series

3 released books

Authored 33% of series

Wesleyan Poetry Program

Wesleyan Poetry Program is a 3-book series first released in 1962 with contributions by John Ashbery, James Wright, and David Ignatow.