Reader: Ashbery, John

Accession Number - 199


Date: 03/04/66
Length: 46 minutes
Tape Quality: good
Collection: National Educational Television
Ethnicity: white
Language: English
Use Policy: available
Content: "Rivers and Mountains," "If the Birds Knew," "A Blessing in Disguise," "They Dream Only of America," "Some Trees," and sections of "The Skaters." Discusses painting and its relation to poetry with artist Jane Freilicher, other aspects of his craft such as timelessness and avoidance of autobiography, and influences on his current book, Rivers and Mountains. Freilicher, Jane (Co-reader)

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