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Bibliographic code: Section K2
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Section K2 includes works of literature based on, influenced by, or otherwise directly related to Ashbery or his work, such as poems or fictions that are dedicated to Ashbery or take epigraphs from his work, make reference to Ashbery or incorporate passages from his work in their own texts, invent a character named "John Ashbery," parody Ashbery's work, etc.
Items in Section K2 usually are given complete citations in the catalogue for their first publication only, whether in book or periodical format, and all subsequent publications in any format usually are mentioned in the notes field of the primary citation.
Cinematic and theatrical materials (including scripts, screenplays, etc.) related to Ashbery's work are in Sections K1 and K4, respectively; critical responses to Ashbery's work are in Section L.
Examples of Section K2 material
Harlan Dangerfield's fictitious interview with Ashbery; first published in the periodical The World, 1967-11-00
Tony Towle's poems "Untitled" and "April 24 th" include references to Ashbery; first published in Towle's collection North, 1970
Jim Brodey's poem "Dream" takes Ashbery as its subject; first published in the periodical Big Sky, 1975-08-00
Walter Abish's story "The English Garden" takes its epigraph from Ashbery's Three Poems; first published in Abish's short story collection In the Future Perfect, 1977
Alex Gildzen's "Postcard Poem # 11" is one of a series of postcards inscribed with poems by Gildzen and sent to various friends and authors, including Ashbery; first published in Gildzen's Postcard Poems, 1978
Ted Berrigan's poetry collection So Going Around Cities: New and Selected Poems 1958-1979 takes its title and its epigraph from Ashbery's poem "Rivers and Mountains"; first published in 1980
"Origin of Individual Racing Silks: by the Daily Racing Form with John Ashberry" [sic], an unsigned parody of Ashbery; first published in the periodical Pulpsmith, 1983-06-00
Saul Bellow's story "What Kind of Day Did You Have?" includes a reference to Ashbery; first published in the periodical Vanity Fair, 1984-02-00
Rosanne Wasserman's poem "Thank You for the Present, Those Two Books" is dedicated to Ashbery; first published in the periodical Joe Soap's Canoe, 1990
Peter Straub's novel The Throat includes a scene in which a character purchases and reads Ashbery's book-length poem Flow Chart; first published in 1993
Sujata Bhatt's poem "Skinnydipping in History" and Linda Chui's poem, "Ode to a West Wind" are dedicated to Ashbery and incorporate lines from his poetry; first published in P.N. Review, 1994 September-October
Lisa Lewis' poem "Media" is influenced by Ashbery's poem "A Wave"; first published with a statement by Lewis about her poetic debt to Ashbery in the book My Business is Circumference: Poets on Influence and Mastery, 2001
John Hollander's book-length poem "Reflections on Espionage: The Question of Cupcake" includes the character Ember, a coded reference to Ashbery; first published in 1976
David Rosenberg's fictional memoirs "Group-Portrait in a Vermont Kitchen" and "The Classics" include the character "John Ashbery"; first published in Rosenberg's collection See What You Think: Critical Essays for the Next Avant-Garde, 2002
Jerzy Kosinski's novel Being There is inspired by Ashbery's poem "Some Trees"; first published in 1970
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