A Worldly Country: New Poems Contributor(s): Ashbery, John (Author) |
|
ISBN: 0061173843 ISBN-13: 9780061173844 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: On the heels of his National Book Award-nominated "Where Shall I Wander" comes a breathtaking book of new poems from John Ashbery. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Love & Erotica - Poetry | Haiku |
Dewey: 811.54 |
Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6.3" W x 8.98" (0.30 lbs) 96 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Thrill of a Romance It's different when you have hiccups. Everyone's solitude (and resulting promiscuity) |
Contributor Bio(s): Ashbery, John: - John Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, in 1927. He wrote more than twenty books of poetry, including Quick Question; Planisphere; Notes from the Air; A Worldly Country; Where Shall I Wander; and Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, which received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award. The winner of many prizes and awards, both nationally and internationally, he received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation in 2011 and a National Humanities Medal, presented by President Obama at the White House, in 2012. Ashbery died in September 2017 at the age of ninety. |