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John Ashbery, February 2

John Ashbery

John Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York in 1927. His Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2007) won the 2008 Griffin International Prize for Poetry. The Landscapist, his collected translations of the poetry of Pierre Martory, was published in 2008 by Sheep Meadow Press and was nominated for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award for Poetry. more >

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Writers in Residence 2009-2010

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Distinguished Writer in Residence, February 2010
                
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Lannan Fellows Program

The Lannan Fellows Program, for Georgetown University undergraduates, introduces students to the exciting world of contemporary creative literature, through a year-long series of readings held on campus and at the Folger Shakespeare Library in downtown Washington, DC. Students have an opportunity to meet and speak with visiting writers, to engage them in conversation at informal seminars and receptions, and to attend readings from their literary work.

Application Deadline: Friday, October 9, 2009

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