The Vintage book of contemporary American poetry
By: edited and with an introduction by J.D. McClatchy.
Contributors: McClatchy, J. D., 1945-
Edition: 2nd ed., newly rev. and expanded ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 617
Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century
Description: This book is a newly revised and expanded collection of poems from seventy-five of America's iconic poets of the past half-century, from Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery and Adrienne Rich, to Robert Haas and Louise Gluck, Sharon Olds and Mark Doty, from Sylvia Plath to Heather McHugh to Yusef Komunyakaa. It gathers together poetry from every region of the country and from the past fifty years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 593-607).
"A Vintage original"--T.p. verso.