Websites
PBS has a real gem here that contains Ashbery reading some of his work as well as other cool stuff.
Slate Magazine offers a neat little guide to reading Ashbery. You're not alone in thinking he's a tough one to wrap your mind around.
Here's an online database devoted to Ashbery, covering everything from "Some Trees" to the influence of his homosexuality in his work.
Video
Ashbery talks about his work and reads a poem about growing up.
It's all right here in this interview.
A video of "10 Questions for John Ashbery."
Articles and Interviews
It doesn't get much more thorough than an interview with The Paris Review.
Well, not really, but for people who like poetry he is.
The New York Times takes a peek into the goings-on of Ashbery's mind and works.
Ashbery made his debut as a visual artist at the age of 81. It's never too late!
Books
Here's the complete collection.
This one's all about those themes of isolation, misrepresentations, and everything that goes along with it.
Images
He's got the leather jacket and everything.
Ashbery is looking rather serious with those amazing trees.
Yep, even the President thinks Ashbery is a poet worth reading.