Today (June 2) at 7:00 p.m. – A Conversation with John Ashbery. At this special event John Ashbery – winner of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award – speaks on his life and work. Joining him on stage will be poet, critic and UR professor of English James Longenbach. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition John Ashbery and Friends: Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, the conversation is free to members of Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) and Writers & Books, and it is included in Gallery admission for all others. Followed by a reception. The MAG is located at 500 University Ave, Rochester, NY.
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