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Bibliographic code: Section N2
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Section N2 includes publications that contain miscellaneous biographical information about Ashbery's activities, personal life, family history, etc., such as chronologies of events from his childhood to the present, anecdotes about particular events in his life or recollections of his acquaintances, and items that simply establish Ashbery in a certain location or situation at a particular time.
Usually, only the first publication of Section N2 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 N2 material
Upstate New York, 1973-05-20 (periodical quoting Ashbery's mother, Helen Ashbery, on the ancestry of the Ashbery family and on Pultneyville, NY, a small town where Ashbery spent a great deal of time in his childhood and adolescence)
Current Biography, 1976 (biographical encyclopedia including an entry on Ashbery)
Daily News, 1977-12-02 (newspaper including a reference to Ashbery's blind date with actress Ann Miller)
Man Ray: American Artist, 1988 (book including an explication of Ashbery's role in introducing poet and translator Ron Padgett and photographer Man Ray)
New York Times, 1998-08-09 (newspaper including a letter to the editor from Robert Pinsky, placing Ashbery at the Clinton's poetry dinner at the White House)
Memoir 1960-1963, 2001 (book by poet Tony Towle giving Towle's impressions of Ashbery in the 1960s)
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