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Best American Poetry, 1995 (Best American Poetry)

By Lehman, David & Howard, Richard

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The Best American Poetry 1995 once again highlights the dazzling spectrum of style and subject matter to be found in the art today. Guest editor Richard Howard's accent is on discovery and surprise, and he has gleaned the most inventive and searching writing from a wide variety of literary journals. The themes and imagery here are indisputably "American, " as our best poets continue to mine personal as well as communal experience for their work. Now in its eighth year, this series has established itself as a rich and vibrant source of new poetry -- celebrated in bookstore and on college campuses. Welcome, once again, the memorable voices and unique pleasures of Best American Poetry.

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ISBN
978-0-68480-151-3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster


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Reviewed on August 1, 1995

In an attempt to induce the "gratification of surprise," Howard (Like Most Revelations, LJ 1/94) changes the rules that governed earlier volumes of this annual collection, excluding work by all prior editors and those poets who appear in the series more than three times. But his choice of the best poems published last year in magazines--drawn heavily from the Yale, Paris, and Western Hum...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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