The NYU Creative Writing Program mourns the passing of the eminent poet and longtime NYU Distinguished Writer-in-Residence John Ashbery, who was a beloved and treasured presence in our community for many years. Over the past decade, he frequently visited the Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House for “Conversations with John,” a series in which he generously discussed his own life as an artist with great wisdom and candor, as well as topics ranging from his translations of Arthur Rimbaud, the influence of visual and comic art on his poems, the Baroque in Prose and Music, and many more. He will be deeply missed.