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A quintessentially American epic poem that rewrites all the rules of epic poetry-starting with the one that says epic poetry can't be about the writing of epic poetry itselfThe appearance of Flow Chart in 1991 marked the kickoff of a remarkably prolific period in John Ashbery's long career, a decade during which he published seven all-new books of poetry as well as a collected series of lectures on poetic form and practice. So it comes as no surprise that this book-length poem-one of the longest ever written by an American poet-reads like a rocket launch: charged, propulsive, mesmerizing, a series of careful explosions that, together, create a radical forward motion. It's been said that Flow Chart was written in response to a dare of sorts: Artist and friend Trevor Winkfield suggested that Ashbery write a poem of exactly one hundred pages, a challenge that Ashbery took up with plans to complete the poem in one hundred days. But the celebrated work that ultimately emerged from its squared-off origin story was one that the poet himself called "a continuum, a diary." In six connected, constantly surprising movements of free verse-with the famous "sunflower" double sestina thrown in, j

Author

John Ashbery

Publisher

Open Road Integrated Media, Inc

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781480459090

Subjects

Poetry, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.23 / 5 (191 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14