• John Lawrence Ashbery (July 28, 1927 – September 3, 2017) was an American poet and art critic. Ashbery is considered the most influential American poet of his time.
  • I’ve thought for years that the best way to read John Ashbery’s poetry is to first throw the instruction manual away and then go for a fishing trip in his various lakes...
  • John Ashbery. Loading... 00:00. ... Ashbery, John, "John Ashbery" (2001). Poetry at Bard-(All Recordings) .
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  • John Lawrence Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, on July 28th 1927, the first son of Chester Frederick (a farmer) and Helen Ashbery (a biology teacher).
  • John Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York. He grew up on a farm in nearby Sodus and was educated at Harvard and Columbia.
  • John Ashbery, Celebrated and Challenging Poet, Dies at 90. John Ashbery, widely regarded as one of the world's greatest poets, has died.
  • John Ashbery, over a writing career that spans nearly six decades, has been associated with the New York School, seen as a dean of language poets, and...
  • Its themes of isolation, futility, and the passage of time are consistent with John Ashbery's other works.
  • In 2008, critic Langdon Hammer remarked, “No figure looms so large in American poetry over the past 50 years as John Ashbery.”