The Best American Poetry 2007: Series Editor David Lehman

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Heather McHugh, David Lehman
Simon and Schuster, 2007 M09 11 - 192 páginas
The twentieth edition of theBest American Poetryseries celebrates the rich and fertile landscape of American poetry. Renowned poet Heather McHugh loves words and the unexpected places they take you; her own poetry elevates wordplay to a species of metaphysical wit. For this year's anthology McHugh has culled a spectacular group of poems reflecting her passion for language, her acumen, and her vivacious humor.Graced with McHugh's fascinating introduction, the book includes the poets' valuable comments on their work, as well as series editor David Lehman's engaging foreword that limns the necessity of poetry.The Best American Poetry 2007is an exciting addition to a series committed to covering the American poetry scene and delivering great poems to a broad audience.

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Kazim Ali The Art of Breathing
1
Nicky Beer Still Life with HalfTurned Woman
8
Matthew Byrne Let Me Count the Ways
15
Billy Collins The News Today
22
Sharon Dolin Tea Lay
28
Landis Everson Lemon Tree
34
Helen Ransom Forman Daily
36
Forrest Hamer Initiation
43
Leslie Adrienne Miller On Leonardos Drawings
70
Meghan ORourke Peep Show
76
Ecstatic Cling
82
David Rivard The Rev Larry Love Is Dead
88
Frederick Seidel The Death of the Shah
94
David Shumate Drawing Jesus
101
Cody Walker Coulrophobia
108
Joe Wenderoth The Home of the Brave
114

Jane Hirshfield Critique of Pure Reason
50
Galway Kinnell HideandSeek 1933
56
Ben Lerner From Angle of Yaw
63
Harriet Zinnes Remiss Rebut
120
Magazines Where the Poems Were First Published
162
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Heather McHugh is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Eyeshot and Hinge & Sign. She teaches at the University of Washington in Seattle and at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina. David Lehman is the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry and the author of seven books of poetry, including When a Woman Loves a Man. He lives in New York City.

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