The author/editor field
This field identifies the person(s) responsible for creating collections or publications in their entirety (books, periodicals, exhibition catalogues, CDs, etc.), as opposed to the person(s) responsible for creating the individual works included within a collection or publication (who will be listed in the author field). Of course, the author and the author/editor are occasionally the same, as in the case of Houseboat Days, for which Ashbery is both the author of the individual poems within the collection and the author/editor of the collection as a whole; or in the case of the cinematic interpretation of Ashbery's work, Indelible, Inedible, for which the director Rudy Burckhardt is listed in the author and author/editor fields (and the title of the film is listed in both the title and publication fields).
If you are doing an exact-phrase search by first and last name in the author/editor field, you must enter the name exactly as it appears in the entry: last name, first name (comma included), for example, "Ashbery, John." An alternative would be simply an any-phrase or exact-phrase search for "Ashbery." Names in foreign languages, such as Hungarian or Japanese, that traditionally put the family name before the given name (i.e., Gergely Ágnes) will still include a comma between the two to facilitate searching.
When there are multiple names in the author/editor field, authors and editors will be listed in the order in which their works appear or are credited in the publication, except that Ashbery will always be listed after other authors and editors in order to facilitate alphabetization of the others' names when sorting results by the author/editor field.
Tips on searching by author/editor:
*A name in the author/editor field may be followed by additional information clarifying the role of that individual, unless the person cited is simply the author of a book. For example, the author/editor field of the entry for the periodical Issues that includes a poem by Ashbery reads: Scott, Pamela (editor-in-chief); Stark, Paul (poetry editor). For the exhibition catalogue Edwin Dickinson: Draftsman/Painter that includes writing about art by Ashbery, the author/editor field reads: Dickinson, Edwin (artist); Dobkin, John H. (organizer of the exhibition). However, for Bernadette Mayer's book Midwinter Day, which has a blurb by Ashbery, the author/editor field reads simply: Mayer, Bernadette.
*In cases where work is selected, nominated or judged, the names of the editors, nominators, jurors and judges will appear in the author/editor field (the names of those selected, nominated or judged will appear in the author field). For example, the author/editor field of the entry for the Cheltenham Art Centre's 41 st Annual Award Exhibition, for which Ashbery was one of the jurors, reads: Ashbery, John (juror).
*For translations that appear in a book or periodical featuring various works by and/or translated by three or more people, the general author or editor of the entire publication will be named in the author/editor field (original authors will be listed in the author field; translators will be listed in the translator field). However, in the case of translations by one or two translators only, both the general editor(s) or original author(s) and the translator(s) will be listed in the author/editor field. (The translator[s] will also be listed in the translator field.) For example, the author/editor field for Aldo Busi's Italian translation of the entirety of Ashbery's collection Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, reads: Busi, Aldo (translator); Ashbery, John.
*For blurbs by Ashbery, the author of the blurbed work is listed in the author/editor field (Ashbery is listed in the author field).
*Individuals identified in the author/editor field may also include the editor-in-chief or poetry editor of a periodical or anthology, the author of a novel or collection of poems or essays; or, in the case of an exhibition catalogue, the artist, curator, and/or gallery director.
*For works of cinema, music, theater and visual art that are based on, influenced by, or otherwise directly related to Ashbery or his work, the directors, composers, playwrights, and artists are listed in the author/editor field, and frequently are also listed in the author field. Cinematographers, producers, mixers, concert directors, etc. are usually listed in the author/editor field. Actors and musicians are usually listed in the notes field.
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