John Ashbery is known foremost as a poet, but he’s been creating collages for nearly as long as he’s been writing poetry. He began working in the medium when he was an undergraduate at Harvard, more than 70 years ago. For the first time ever, this volume compiles a comprehensive selection of Ashbery’s collage work from early days to the present. An extensive interview with John Yau delves into Ashbery’s creative process and his love of creating visual art and Ashbery discusses the parallels between the two media.

The volume includes about 75-100 of Ashbery’s collages, from his earliest work up until the present, exploring how his visual art has evolved over the years. The book also includes approximately 20 new and previously unpublished poems by Ashbery, paired with a selection of the collages.