Two Capsule Reviews
John Ashbery (critical biography; 2023; written by Jess Cotton)
A somewhat frustrating but valuable book. The first couple chapters are really useful; they give a name and a shape to the experience of reading Ashbery, which is an experience that I’ve repeatedly given myself over to, without really knowing what I’m doing or what I’m looking for, in the last seven years or so. There was a period …