The Body Electric: America's Best Poetry from The American Poetry Review by Stephen Berg

The Body Electric: America's Best Poetry from The American Poetry Review by Stephen Berg

The breadth and innovation of American poetry, as well as the shifting styles and tastes of a quarter of a century, are represented in this volume. Since its founding in 1972, The American Poetry Review has published new and outstanding work by America's finest poets. Here is the best of APR, in a selection by the current editors from 156 issues of the magazine. APR, which has the largest circulation for a poetry journal in this country (approximately 20,000 subscribers), has not only given a forum for poetry in this country but also contributed to making poetry a part of the mainstream culture. The magazine has introduced new poets as well as defined the poetry of a particular time in history. Among the poets represented in this collection are Robert Bly, Eavan Boland, Hayden Carruth, Lucille Clifton, Carolyn Forche, Allen Ginsberg, Louise Gl?ck, Jorie Graham, W. S. Merwin, Frank O'Hara, Sharon Olds, Sylvia Plath, Derek Walcott, and James Wright. From the most experimental, radical language poetry to traditionally formal poetry, The Body Electric captures the spirit of contemporary American poetry and provides a breathtaking, incomparable overview of American poetry at the millennium.

Stephen Berg is the founder of The American Poetry Review. He lives in Philadelphia. David Bonanno has been an editor at APR since 1973. Arthur Vogelsang has been an editor at APR since 1973. The Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University, Harold Bloom (b. 1930) has been hailed as “one of our greatest living literary critics” (Los Angeles Times).

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ISBN 13	9780393048261
ISBN 10	0393048268
Title	The Body Electric: America's Best Poetry from The American Poetry Review
Author	Stephen Berg
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2000-04-17
Number of pages	864
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