John Ashbery accepts lifetime achievement award at 2011 National Book Awards

John Ashbery's acceptance speech upon receiving the 2011 NBF Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
November 16, 2011, 2011 National Book Awards Ceremony, Cipriani, Wall Street, NYC. Ashbery receives the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Also featuring John Lithgow.
nationalbook.org/amerletters_2011_ashbery.html

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Greatest contemporary American poet, hands down.