{"product_id":"selected-poems-paperback-1","title":"Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Ashbery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelections from the first three decades of the poetry of John Ashbery, author of \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait in a Convex Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) This important volume gathers work from his first ten collections of poetry, from \u003ci\u003eSome Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, which was chosen by W.H. Auden for the Yale Younger Poets Series (1956), to \u003ci\u003eA Wave\u003c\/i\u003e (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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Ashbery (1927 - 2017)\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of more than twenty-five collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait in a Convex Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award; \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1985); and \u003ci\u003eSelected Later Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), which was awarded the 2008 International Griffin Poetry Prize. Ashbery's honors included a MacArthur Fellowship and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Foundation in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9.03 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 1986\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253129732198,"sku":"9780140585537","price":36.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bDArUUg1akpuOFV1ZWdiN05sR3JSZz09.webp?v=1773582630","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/selected-poems-paperback-1","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}