The state of the art
Subtitle: a chronicle of American poetry, 1988-2014
By: David Lehman
Series: Pitt poetry series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Pittsburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780822944393
Subjects: Poetics; History and criticism; American poetry; POETRY / American / General
Description: "The acclaimed annual, The Best American Poetry, is the most prestigious showcase of new poetry in the United States and Canada. Each year since the series began in 1988, David Lehman has contributed a foreword, and this has evolved into a sort of state-of-the-art address that surveys new developments and explores various matters facing poets and their readers today. This book collects all twenty-nine forewords (including the two written for the retrospective "Best of the Best" volumes for the tenth and twenty-fifth anniversaries.)  Beginning with a new introduction by Lehman and a foreword by poet Denise Duhamel (guest editor for The Best American Poetry 2013), the collection conveys a sense of American poetry in the making, year by year, over the course of a quarter of a century"--

"This book collects all twenty-nine forewords from The Best American Poetry series. Beginning with a new introduction by David Lehman and a foreword by poet Denise Duhamel (guest editor for The Best American Poetry 2013), the collection conveys a sense of American poetry in the making, year by year, over the course of a quarter of a century"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.