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Can I read Wakefulness : Poems on EtoBox?

Wakefulness : Poems by John Ashbery is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Wakefulness : Poems about?

Progressive awakenings occur in all these verses. Each sense is engaged, and there is a search for epiphanies of the spirit, too. We are in history but also in the present - in buildings, churches, homes, trains, and cars; then back in the open pursuing the course to Baltimore and Bucharest, to the zoo and the park, to the past and the future. The digressions are wily, heartbreaking, or vertiginous. The clock ticks on, yet the tactics of survival and enhancement set forth in these poems invoke a

Who reads Wakefulness : Poems?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
John Ashbery
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published
1998
Language
EN
ISBN
9780374285982
Category
work of literary fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities
Updated
2026-03-25

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