num_pages: 96
description: First published in 1984 and now appearing in a new edition, A Wave is widely considered one of Ashbery's finest books of poetry. The 44 pieces collected here--particularly the long title-poem--find the poet applying his uniquely lyric, meditative, and often hilarious sensibility to the mysterious and incessant curves and crests of love, art, thought, experience, and selfhood.
language: English
title: A Wave
titlecomplete: A Wave
genres: Poetry, 20th Century
ratings_count: 255
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Poetry
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux