Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror: Poems Children's Social Activists Biographies The only hope lies in

The only hope lies in migration through space to Overland—by balloon

Take a ride through 26 fully-illustrated alphabets

The place is Washington

With the help of parents and caregivers

Bringing Old Oils To New Light

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror: Poems Children's Social Activists Biographies The only hope lies inFirst released in 1975, Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror is today regarded as one of the most important collections of poetry published in the last fifty years. Not only in the title poem, which the critic John Russell called one of the finest long poems of our period, but throughout the entire volume, Ashbery reaffirms the poetic power that made him an outstanding figure in contemporary literature.