false 250397 3 Most critics would agree that John Ashbery is one of 20th-century American poetry's finest voices. Perhaps his most admired book is <I>Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror</I>, a culmination of themes, styles, and forms with which the poet experimented over the course of two decades. Now, the poet's devoted readers can trace his development through the first five books of his poetry, collected here in one handy volume. <I>The Mooring of Starting Out</I> represents Ashbery's work from 1956 through 1972, comprising <I>Some Trees</I>, his first book; <I>The Tennis Court Oath</I>, written while he was living in Paris; <I>Rivers and Mountains</I>; <I>The Double Dream of Spring</I>; and <I>Three Poems</I>. 1429418 1997 The Mooring Of Starting Out total:157|5:98|4:39|3:14|2:5|1:1| 157 699 210 6 0 0 false false Fri Jun 19 13:19:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 13:19:42 -0700 2009 STOP SMILING interview with poet John Ashbery

I GUESS IT'S ROMANTIC, IF YOU'RE A DOG
By Greg Purcell + Fred Sasaki

(This interview originally appeared in the STOP SMILING Hollywood Lost & Found Issue)

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This is a particularly good book to read for anyone who wants to write anything, especially if one wants to write and is having trouble with anything.

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