Planisphere: New Poems

Planisphere: New Poems

<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">“Ashbery is a national treasure.”<br />—<em>New York Times Book Review</em><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">The poetry of John Ashbery has been awarded virtually every conceivable literary prize including the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Griffin</st1:place></st1:City>, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. <em>Planisphere </em>is a new collection by one of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s most innovative and influential poets—an exceptional artist whose work stands alongside the finest of <span style="COLOR: black">Whitman, Dickinson, Stevens, and Hart Crane. For more than half a century Ashbery has been producing timeless works such as </span><em>Chinese Whispers, Hotel Lautréamont, A Wave, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,</em> and <em>Where Shall I Wander</em>. <em>Planisphere </em>is proof that the master only improves with age.<o:p></o:p></span></p>