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Ashbery

American  
[ash-ber-ee, ‑buh-ree] / ˈæʃˌbɛr i, ‑bə ri /

noun

  1. John, 1927–2017, U.S. poet.


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By 1975 he was telling Ashbery, whose “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror” was nearing publication, that the years 1956 to 1996 would be remembered as the Age of Ashbery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

And Stone seamlessly balanced these elements in a production that was as tonally assured as a John Ashbery poem.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

He was plugged into the New York art and literary scene and had befriended Barbara Guest, John Ashbery and other poets.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022

Adam Ashbery, 38, was scheduled to fly with Tui to Kefalonia, in Greece, at about 15:30 BST on Sunday with his wife, Sarah, and two children - aged four months and five years old.

From BBC • May 31, 2022

On the evening of that memorable Fifth of November, there were gathered in a spacious residence at Ashbery, Saint Ledger, a small company evidently bent upon pleasure.

From The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts by Bentley, Charles S.

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