Video: John Ashbery Reads From 'Illuminations'

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February 17, 2011

Video: John Ashbery Reads From 'Illuminations'

In May, Norton will release John Ashbery's translation of French poet Arthur Rimbaud's prose poem sequence, Illuminations, originally published in 1886. Click to see Ashbery read and discuss the poem "Promontory" at The New School on February 7, 2011.

- Stephanie Paterik

Posted by Stephanie Paterik on February 17, 2011 at 02:03 PM in Guest Bloggers, Stephanie Paterik | Permalink

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I left it
on when I
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of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
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of the bedroom
as I enter
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