Word: shoptaw
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Dates: during 1999-1999
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...Shoptaw says he is nonetheless a bit nostalgic for the Ashbery he was drawn to originally...
...Literary critic John Shoptaw, an instructor of literature at Yale University author of On the Outside Looking In: John Ashbery's Poetry (Harvard University Press, 1994), describes Ashbery as "the most intellectually exciting of many living poets...
...Ashbery concentrated in English, and took at least one course in poetry one in creative writing, Shoptaw says...
...Shoptaw, who has reviewed the thesis, describes it as "a funny piece of work, typed on about three typewriters, about 20 pages long--a pretty shoddy effort...
...Shoptaw says Ashbery's rejection from graduate school is an important lesson for students interesting in pursuing a career in the arts, and especially writers...