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Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

by John Ashbery · 1975

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John Ashberry won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. Ashberry reaffirms the poetic powers that have made him such an outstanding figure in contemporary literature. This new book continues his astonishing explorations of places where no one has ever been.

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1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
adult
Length
short · 96 pages
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