The Best American Poetry 2008: Series Editor David Lehman, Guest Editor Charles Wright - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743299752 ISBN 13: 9780743299756

Verlag: Scribner, 2008

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The Best American Poetry series is a beloved mainstay of American poetry. This year's edition was edited by one of the most admired and acclaimed poets of his generation, Charles Wright. Known for his meditative and beautiful observations of landscape, change, and time,Wright brings his particular sensibility to this year's anthology, which contains an ecumenical slant that is unprecedented for the series. He has gathered an astonishing selection of work that includes new poems by Carolyn Forché, Jorie Graham, Louise Glück, Frank Bidart, Frederick Seidel, Patti Smith, and Kevin Young and showcases a dazzling array of rising stars like Joshua Beckman, Erica Dawson, and Alex Lemon.

With captivating and revelatory notes from the poets on their works and sage and erudite introductory essays by Wright and series editor David Lehman, The Best American Poetry 2008 will be read, discussed, debated, and prized for years to come.

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David Lehman, who founded The Best American Poetry series in 1988, is the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry and the author of seven books of poetry, including When a Woman Loves a Man. He teaches in the graduate writing program at the New School and lives in New York City and in Ithaca, New York.

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• Verlag: Scribner
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0743299752
• ISBN 13: 9780743299756
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Herausgeber: Wright Charles, Lehman David
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: SCRIBNER; https://www.simonandschusterpublishing.com/scribner/; ; 1230 Avenue of the Americas; New York; NY; 10019; USA
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