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"‘We can only go on extracting fishhooks/ from meanings that were intended to be casual.’ John Ashbery has been extracting those ‘fishhooks’ for many years now, but perhaps none of his collections have been as inspiring and ethically rigorous as is Chinese Whispers—a book that, for all its humor, parodic narrative, and droll ‘telephone’ playing, is passionately concerned with Wallace Stevens’ question ‘How to live. What to do.’ Here is Ashbery at his most relaxed and yet most intense—letting no one off the hook, least of all himself. No other poet writing today has Ashbery’s ability to surprise us at every turn—to force us to rethink what we thought we understood. It is a dazzling performance!"
—Marjorie Perloff
"Ashbery is astonishingly original, and though his mannerisms have been widely imitated, he himself has imitated no one."
—Edmund White
"Anything new by Ashbery has become for poetry the natural noise of now."
—John Bayley
"No book by John Ashbery is ever quite like the one that came before it. If he sometimes seems to be a figure out of the recent future, that is because Ashbery has the true innovator’s desire not to repeat himself."
—J. D. McClatchy, Poetry
"I find him prepossessing."
—Marianne Moore
"[Ashbery is] a national treasure . . . his poems perfect in their pitch, astonishing for their sheer good nature."
—Linda Gregerson
"The sheer range of Ashbery’s style is unparalleled among contemporary writers."
—Fred Moramarco
"Ashbery’s poems have become an integral part of the lives of those who read poetry. He is one of the few authors whose every new book we await hungrily, with the feeling that our souls are leaning forward into something significant, refreshing and transformative."
—Forrest Gander, The Providence Sunday Journal
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Book Description Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN:9781857546187. Seller Inventory # 9630898