{"product_id":"planisphere-9780061915222","title":"Planisphere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Ashbery is a national treasure.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poetry of John Ashbery has been awarded virtually every conceivable literary prize including the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the Griffin, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. \u003cem\u003ePlanisphere \u003c\/em\u003eis a new collection by one of America's most innovative and influential poets--an exceptional artist whose work stands alongside the finest of Whitman, Dickinson, Stevens, and Hart Crane. For more than half a century Ashbery has been producing timeless works such as \u003cem\u003eChinese Whispers, Hotel Lautréamont, A Wave, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhere Shall I Wander\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003ePlanisphere \u003c\/em\u003eis proof that the master only improves with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshbery, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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":"Default Title","offer_id":50317914571026,"sku":"9780061915222","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_23b57c6a-1dc9-4611-a933-a852182d95eb.jpg?v=1727542718","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/planisphere-9780061915222","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}