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| The Best American Poetry 2008: Series Editor David Lehman, Guest Editor Charles Wright (Best American Poetry) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Charles Wright, David Lehman
Publisher: Scribner
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 12649
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0743299752
Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780743299756
ASIN: 0743299752
Publication Date: September 16, 2008
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Product Description
The Best American Poetry series is a beloved mainstay of American poetry. This year's edition was edited by one of the most admired and acclaimed poets of his generation, Charles Wright. Known for his meditative and beautiful observations of landscape, change, and time,Wright brings his particular sensibility to this year's anthology, which contains an ecumenical slant that is unprecedented for the series. He has gathered an astonishing selection of work that includes new poems by Carolyn Forche, Jorie Graham, Louise Glück, Frank Bidart, Frederick Seidel, Patti Smith, and Kevin Young and showcases a dazzling array of rising stars like Joshua Beckman, Erica Dawson, and Alex Lemon.With captivating and revelatory notes from the poets on their works and sage and erudite introductory essays by Wright and series editor David Lehman, The Best American Poetry 2008 will be read, discussed, debated, and prized for years to come.
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 Poor format October 14, 2008
0 out of 11 found this review helpful
It's hard to format poetry
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This book shows you
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 Writers Unite October 3, 2008
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
This year the job was done very well. The works were pulled from unique sources regardless of the place (a theological review & the New York Review of Books etc.) & the writers were focused upon. John Ashbery is in this year's work as well as the entire Dark Room Collective. I saw Kevin Young's poem appear in Poetry & knew this would be included. They did a good crunch time job of uniting all the sources & strongest writers of our generation to pull together the best work. Kudos to Lehman & Wright.
Just a note: This is my third year buying the collection & it's the best I've seen, Gluck, Trethewey, Young, everyone basically.
I thought 2006 was dominated by Kay Ryan's poem.
I thought 2007 was focused upon "sounds" as opposed to word choice.
& this years collection is focused upon voice.
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