The Best American Poetry 2007
Series Editor David Lehman
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2007
Summary
The twentieth edition of The Best American poetry series celebrates the rich and fertile landscape of American poetry. Renowned poet Heather McHugh loves words and the unexpected places they take you; her own poetry elevates wordplay to a species of metaphysical wit. For this year’s anthology McHugh has culled a spectacular group of poems reflecting her passion for language, her acumen, and her vivacious humor.
From the thousands of poems published or posted in one year, McHu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743299725 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0743299728 |
| Author: | David Lehman, Heather McHugh |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Scribner |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2007 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 140mm x 214mm |
| Series: | Best American Poetry (Paperback) |
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Critics Review
“A ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title.”
– Chicago Tribune
“Each year, a vivid snapshot of what a distinguished poet finds exciting, fresh and memorable: and over the years, as good a comprehensive overview of contem-porary poetry as there can be.”
– Robert Pinsky
David Lehman
David Lehman, the series editor of The Best American Poetry, edited The Oxford Book of American Poetry. His books of poetry include The Morning Line, When a Woman Loves a Man, and The Daily Mirror. He has written such nonfiction books as Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul de Man. He lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.
Heather McHugh is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Eyeshot and Hinge & Sign. She teaches at the University of Washington in Seattle and at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina.
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