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John Ashbery

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Birthday: July 28, 1927

Death: September 3, 2017

Educated At: Deerfield Academy, Harvard University, Columbia University, New York University

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: University Teacher, Journalist, Writer, Poet, Professor

Total quotes: 1

“I feel the carousel starting slowly
And going faster and faster: desk, papers, books,
Photographs of friends, the window and the trees,
Merging into one neutral band that surrounds
Me on all sides, everywhere I look.
And I cannot explain the action of leveling,
Why it should all boil down to one
Uniform substance, a magma of interiors.”

— John Ashbery, John Ashbery, the Gift of Quiet Moments

Tagged: Poetry, John Ashbery, Books

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