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Tag: John Ashbery

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Four

June 9, 2023June 4, 2023 driftlessareareview

Language is a toy, something played with, subverted, parodied, and explored. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Four

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Commonplace Book: John Ashbery, Prophet

September 6, 2022 driftlessareareview

“They were living in America pandemically.” Continue reading Commonplace Book: John Ashbery, Prophet

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Commotion of the Birds: New Poems by John Ashbery

November 3, 2017November 3, 2017 driftlessareareview

In John Ashbery’s final book of poetry “Images coagulate and dissolve in a kaleidoscope of language.” Continue reading Commotion of the Birds: New Poems by John Ashbery

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