About this title: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Wright and renowned editor Lehman present the 21st edition of the Best American Poetry series, which Robert Pinsky calls, as good a comprehensive overview of contemporary poetry as there can be.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2008-09-16
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2008
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Binding: Hardcover
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Date Published: 2008-09-16
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Date Published: 2008
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Date Published: 1998
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"Not much stood out in this selection, supposedly the best of 2008. What I really cannot stand about these annual collections is the host of familiar names that always seem to have written one of the better poems that year, once again causing me to disparage the academic world of poetry.
Not to say there weren't moments of brilliance, among them Carolyn Forche, Patti Smith (yes, that Patti Smith), but the best poem came from Debra Nystrom in 'Every Night' and her intense poem from a men's prison cell."
"I really enjoyed the following poems in this collection:
"Rock Polisher" by Chris Forhan, page 34 "Phone Booth" by Brenda Hillman, page 49 "Listen" by Charles Simic, page 113 "Divide and Conquer" by Alan Sullivan, page 126 "Sepsis" by C. Dale Young, page 140"
"Is this my least favorite best American poetry collection? Yes, I think it is. I was pretty sure I'd not take to this collection when I saw the name of the editor; I'm not a big fan of Charles Wright.
The vast majority of the poems struck a Hemingway-esque note with me, a macho man trying to make it in this kinder, gentler world. But here and there, I found a common spirit. How can I read fifty poems and not find a few that light up my heart?! Impossible."
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