Selected Prose

This book contains a broad selection of texts by internationally acclaimed poet & critic John Ashbery. This third collection of Ashbery's critical writings dramatically expands the terrain covered by the firsttwo, "Reported Sightings: Art Chronicles 1957-1987" & "Other Traditions" (first presented as the Norton Lectures at Harvard in 1989-90). These essays on writers, artists, filmmakers, & the life of a poet provide insight into Ashbery's evolution as one of our more intriguing and significant poets.