University of Virginia Library

Poetry Reading

The Balch Fund and the English
Department will sponsor a poetry reading
by John Ashbery tonight at 8 p.m. in
room 301, James Wilson Hall.

Mr. Ashbery is a Harvard graduate and
has done graduate work at Columbia and
New York University. He has served as an
art critic for the New York Herald
Tribune European edition, and for
International of Zurich.

In recent years he has served as editor
of Art News and written several books.

Mr. Ashbery is recognized as a major
innovative poet and has been very
influential in the avant-garde movement
in poetry.