Something Close to Music - John Ashbery (ekphrasis series) printing and our society

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Something Close to Music - John Ashbery (ekphrasis series) printing and our societyAn intimate and unique collection of the work of John Ashberya prolific poet and art criticpairing poetry and art writings with playlists of music from his personal library. This book places poetry by Ashbery (19272017), gathered from his later collections, in conversation with a selection of contemporaneous art writing. In addition, as Ashbery loved music and listened to it while writing, the playlists here present samplings of music from these same