Anselm Berrigan’s books include Pregrets (Vagabond Press, 2014), Notes from Irrelevance (Wave, 2011), Free Cell (City Lights, 2009), Some Notes on My Programming (Edge, 2006), and Loading, a collaboration with painter Jonathan Allen (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2013). “Asheville” takes its title from the 1948 painting by Willem de Kooning, an image of which can be seen here.