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John Ashbery has published
eight collections of poetry.

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Most recently, Houseboat Days.

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And as we know, both of those
books from Viking Press.

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He has also written plays
and essays and one novel.

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He's currently a
professor of English

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at Brooklyn College, poetry
editor of the Partisan Review,

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an art critic for
Newsweek magazine.

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His honors include a Pulitzer
Prize, a National Book Award,

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and the National Book
Critics Circle Award.

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I hope you'll be able to come to
the union following the reading

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to meet Mr. Ashbery in
an informal reception.

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And I'm very happy to introduce
him to you this evening.

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John Ashbery.

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[APPLAUSE]

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