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A Remembrance of Poet John Ashbery

WEOS | By Kelly Walker
Published September 12, 2017 at 10:57 AM EDT

  Poet John Ashbery died on September 3rd. He was born in Rochester and raised in Sodus. His impact on American letters was wide-ranging and the acclaim for his work included the Pulitzer and many, many other awards. We asked Hobart and William Smith Colleges professor and poet James McCorkle to offer some perspective on John Ashbery.

Professor McCorkle also read several of John Ashbey's poems for us.

JohnAshbery_JamesMcCorkle_SomeTrees.mp3
John Ashbery's "Some Trees" ready by James McCorkle
JohnAshbery_JamesMcCorkle_TheseLacustrineCities.mp3
John Ashbery's "These Lacustrine Cities" read by James McCorkle
JohnAshbery_JamesMcCorkle_FromSelfPortraitInAConvexMirror.mp3
Two Poems from John Ashbery's Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror read by James McCorkle
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Kelly Walker
Kelly Walker started his public radio career at WBAA in West Lafayette, Indiana in 1985 and has spent some time in just about every role public broadcasting has to offer. He has spent substantive time in programming and development at KWMU in St. Louis, WFIU in Bloomington, Indiana, and Troy Public Radio in Alabama before his arrival in Geneva, New York. In addition, his work has been heard on many other public radio stations as well as NPR. Kelly also produces The Sundilla Radio Hour, which airs Sundays at 1 p.m. on Finger Lakes Public Radio and is distributed to public radio stations all over the country through PRX.
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