{"product_id":"notes-from-the-air-selected-later-poems-9780061367182","title":"Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis long-awaited volume, a new selection of his later poems, spans ten major collections by one of America's most visionary and influential poets. Chosen by the author himself, the poems in \u003cem\u003eNotes from the Air\u003c\/em\u003e represent John Ashbery's best work from the past two decades, from the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eApril Galleons\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFlow Chart\u003c\/em\u003e to the 2005 National Book Award finalist \u003cem\u003eWhere Shall I Wander\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Ashbery has long been considered a powerful force in twentieth-century culture, \u003cem\u003eNotes from the Air\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates clearly how important and relevant his writing continues to be, well into the twenty-first century. Many of the selections found here are regularly taught in university classrooms across the country, and critics and scholars vigorously debate his newest works as well as his classics. He has already published four major books since the turn of the new millennium, and, although 2007 marked his eightieth birthday, this legendary literary figure continues to write fresh, new, and vibrant poetry that remains as stimulating, provocative, and controversial as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes from the Air\u003c\/em\u003e reveals, for the first time in one volume, the remarkable evolution of Ashbery's poetry from the mid-1980s into the new century, and offers an irresistible sampling of some of the finest work by a poet the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e has called a \"national treasure.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Ashbery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.96w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061367182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2008 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshbery, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Ashbery \u003c\/strong\u003ewas born in Rochester, New York, in 1927. He wrote more than twenty books of poetry, including \u003cem\u003eQuick Question; Planisphere; Notes from the Air; A Worldly Country; Where Shall I Wander; \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eSelf-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award. The winner of many prizes and awards, both nationally and internationally, he received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation in 2011 and a National Humanities Medal, presented by President Obama at the White House, in 2012. Ashbery died in September 2017 at the age of ninety.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43088272228467,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6241d480-8294-4f69-9b40-2007225eb9de.jpg?v=1748973689","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/notes-from-the-air-selected-later-poems-9780061367182","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}