The Best American Poetry by David Lehman

The Best American Poetry by David Lehman

The premier anthology of contemporary American poetry continues with an exceptional volume edited by award-winning novelist and poet Sherman Alexie, now with a new essay by Alexie on reactions to the 2015 publication.Since its debut in 1988, The Best American Poetry has become a mainstay for the direction and spirit of American poetry. Each volume in the series presents the year's most extraordinary new poems and writers. Guest editor Sherman Alexie's picks for The Best American Poetry 2015 highlight the depth and breadth of the American experience. Culled from electronic and print journals, the poems showcase some of our leading luminaries--Amy Gerstler, Terrance Hayes, Ron Padgett, Jane Hirshfield--and introduce a number of outstanding younger poets taking their place in the limelight. A leading figure since his breakout poetry collection The Business of Fancydancing in 1992, Sherman Alexie won the National Book Award for his novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. He describes himself as lucky enough to be a full-time writer and has written short stories, novels, screenplays, and essays--but he is at his core a poet. As always, series editor David Lehman's foreword assessing the state of the art kicks off the book, followed by an introductory essay in which Alexie discusses his selections. The Best American Poetry 2015 is a guide to who's who and what's happening in American poetry today.

Alexie is a screenwriter, novelist, and poet. The Pen/Faulkner Prize, the Stranger Genius Award in Books, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, and the Malamud Award have all been bestowed upon him.

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ISBN 13	9781476708201
ISBN 10	1476708207
Title	The Best American Poetry
Author	David Lehman
Series	Best American Poetry
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Scribner Book Company
Year published	2015-09-08
Number of pages	240
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