{"product_id":"selected-poems-9780140585537","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140585537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 5.98w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/1997 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Ashbery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916794204341,"sku":"9780140585537","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c6773bac-405b-4dd8-9d6a-10bf540db039.jpg?v=1687271051","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/selected-poems-9780140585537","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}