| The Best American Poetry 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Hejinian, Lyn (Editor), Lehman, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 074325757X ISBN-13: 9780743257572 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: The eagerly anticipated new edition of the yearly anthology of contemporary American poetry is now a brand name in the literary world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 811.008 |
| LCCN: 88644281 |
| Series: Best American Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.52" W x 8.38" (0.69 lbs) 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Best American Poetry 2004 celebrates the vitality and richness of poetry in the United States and Canada today. Guest editor Lyn Hejinian, acclaimed for her own innovative writing, has chosen seventy-five important new poems and contributed a provocative introductory essay. Through her selections, Hejinian has created an essential nexus -- a meeting place for readers to encounter an extraordinary range of poets. With illuminating comments from the writers, and series editor David Lehman's insightful foreword evaluating the current state of the art, The Best American Poetry 2004 is an indispensable addition to a series that has established itself as the first word on what's new and noteworthy in the poetry of our times. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hejinian, Lyn: - Lyn Hejinian is the author or coauthor of more than two dozen books of poetry, including The Fatalist and My Life. She recently received the sixty-sixth Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets for distinguished poetic achievement at mid-career. She lives in Berkeley and teaches at the University of California.Lehman, David: - David Lehman, the series editor of The Best American Poetry, is also the editor of the Oxford Book of American Poetry. His books of poetry include Poems in the Manner Of, New and Selected Poems, Yeshiva Boys, When a Woman Loves a Man, and The Daily Mirror. He lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York. |