Selected Poems

Selected Poems

Selected Poems

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Published: 21 November, 1998
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Writing of his fourth collection in the same review, Richard Tillinghast said: 'John Ash is a greatly gifted poet who moves easily from the hieratic to the demotic.' And John Ashbery has spoken of his poetry as 'resonant with gorgeous imagery that distracts one from the super-lucid, rational argument that quietly continues to assert itself. It seems both familiar and strange, noble and funny, romantic and level-headed.' Among contemporary British poets he is distinguished for his wit, his formal and thematic ambition, and his Byzantine range.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781857541557
ISBN10 1857541553
Number Of Pages 180
Item Weight 237 g
Product Dimensions 137 x 216 x 13 mm
Publisher / Reseller Carcanet Press Ltd
Format paperback
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Media Reviews

'A little querulous, perhaps? Never mind. This may be the most auspicious debut of its kind since Auden's.' Carolyn Kizer

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Author's Bio

JOHN ASH was born in Manchester in 1948 and read English at the University of Birmingham. He lived for a year in Cyprus, and in Manchester between 1970 and 1985, before moving to New York. Since 1996 he has lived in Istanbul. His poetry has appeared in many publications including the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Village Voice, Oasis, PN Review and Paris Review. Two of his Carcanet collections, The Goodbyes (1982) and Disbelief (1987) were Poetry Book Society Choices. He has also written two books about Turkey, A Byzantine Journey and Turkey: The Other Guide.

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