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Bibliographic code: Section J1
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Section J1 includes miscellaneous writings and published remarks by Ashbery.
These may include a passing remark made by Ashbery that was published in a newspaper column; or Ashbery's brief statement or short letter to the editor on a subject such as gardening, cooking, or the geography of New York City. Section J1 also includes Ashbery's choices for such informal "contests" as "Book of the Year," "Current Bedtime Reading," or "Best Poem of the 20 th Century."
For Ashbery's formal prose in books and periodicals, including longer letters to the editor on subjects such as Hudson Valley environmentalism, see Sections B and C; for his more formal roles as editor or as judge of a competition, see Section D.
Usually, only the first publication of Section J1 items, whether in books or periodicals, is given a complete citation. All known reprints usually are mentioned in the notes field of the citation.
Examples of Section J1 material
The Fuck You / Quote of the Week , 1964-09-16 (periodical broadside, including an overheard remark made by Ashbery about Ed Sanders' Toe-Queen Poems)
American Poetry Review , 1974 September-October (journal including a knock-knock joke contributed by Ashbery)
Source , 1977 (journal including a letter from Ashbery declining the journal's request for poems and an interview)
Soho News , 1980 April 30-May 6 (newspaper quoting Ashbery on the "Poetry Boom")
New York Times Book Review , 1981-12-06 (literary newspaper supplement including Ashbery's contribution to the "I Would Like to Have Written . . . " feature, for which he selects La Rochefoucauld's Maxims and Racine's Andromaque)
New York Times , 1991-05-17 (newspaper quoting Ashbery in the article "What Can Save New York City? Let Them Count the Ways")
Alive in Parts of this Century: Eric Mottram at 70 , 1994 (book including a facsimile reproduction of the note Ashbery sent to Eric Mottram on the occasion of Mottram's seventieth birthday)
The Logophile's Orgy: Favorite Words of Famous People , 1995 (book including Ashbery's list of his favorite words)
New York Times , 1997-08-21 (newspaper including Ashbery's unsigned letter to the "Garden Q&A" column, asking about tarragon)
Times Literary Supplement , 1997-10-24 (literary newspaper including Ashbery's winning answers for the "Author, Author" competition, in which he correctly identifies passages by W.H. Auden, Sir Philip Sydney, and Elizabeth Bishop)
New York Times , 1999-05-19 (newspaper including Ashbery's brief letter to the editor protesting the neglect of librettist J.D. McClatchy in Robert Schwarz's review of Tobias Picker's opera Emmeline)
Times Literary Supplement , 2002-12-06 (literary newspaper including Ashbery's contribution to the "Books of the Year" feature, for which he selects Lydia Davis' translation of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Michael Hofmann's translation of Franz Kafka's Amerika, and Richard Sieburth's translation of Maurice Scève's Emblems of Desire)
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