"Contains Ashbery's greatest work and confirms his position as one of America's finest poets since Wallace Stevens." –Edward Guerschi, Newsday
"Mr. Ashbery remains one of his generation's most gifted and eloquent poets . . . He writes persuasively–and movingly–of the poetic process, of the attempts of the artist to wring order out of chaos." –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"No other poet is as daring . . . None inhabits such a Versailles of the imagination. This formidable new volume offers the finest of his oeuvre." –Carolyn Forche, Vanity Fair