Best American Poetry, 1995

Marc Notes: Touchstone book Announced in paper at $16.95Publisher Marketing: "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 bookstores and on college campuses. Welcome, once again, the memorable voices and unique pleasures of "Best American Poetry". Publisher Marketing: "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 bookstores and on college campuses. Welcome, once again, the memorable voices and unique pleasures of "Best American Poetry." Featuring: Margaret Atwood Sally Ball Catherine Bowman Stephanie Brown Lewis Buzbee Cathleen Calbert Rafael Campo William Carpenter Nicholas Christopher Jane Cooper James Cummins Olena Kalytiak Davis Lynn Emanuel Elaine Equi Irving Feldman Donald Finkel Aaron Fogel Richard Frost Allen Ginsberg Peter Gizzi Jody Gladding Elton Glaser Albert Goldbarth Beckian Fritz Goldberg Laurence Goldstein Barbara Guest Marilyn Hacker Judith Hall Anthony Hecht Edward Hirsch Janet Holmes Andrew Hudgins T. R. Hummer Brigit Pegeen Kelly Karl Kirchwey Carolyn Kizer Wayne Koestenbaum John Koethe Yusef Komunyakaa Maxine Kumin Lisa Lewis Rachel Loden Robert Hill Long James Longenbach Gail Mazur J. D. McClatchy Heather McHugh Susan Musgrave Charles North Geoffrey O'Brien Jacqueline Osherow Molly Peacock Carl Phillips Marie Ponsot Bin Ramke Katrina Roberts Michael J. Rosen Kay Ryan Mary Jo Salter Tony Sanders Stephen Sandy Grace Schulman Robyn Selman Alan Shapiro Reginald Shepherd Anglea Sorby Laurel Trivelpiece Paul Violi Arthur Vogelsang David Wagoner Charles H. Webb Ed Webster David Wojahn Jay Wright Stephen Yenser Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/31/1995 pg. 73 (EAN 9780684801513, Paperback) Booklist 09/15/1995 pg. 131 (EAN 9780684801513, Paperback) Library Journal 08/01/1995 pg. 79 (EAN 9780684801513, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 585 (EAN 9780684801513, Paperback) School Library Journal 04/01/1996 pg. 170 (EAN 9780684801506, Hardcover) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 585 (EAN 9780684801506, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Lehman, David David Lehman, who founded The Best American Poetry" "series in 1988, 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 teaches in the graduate writing program at the New School and lives in New York City and in Ithaca, New York. Contributor Bio:  Howard, Richard Brassai (born Gyula Halasz, 1899-1984) was a photographer, journalist, and author of photographic monographs and literary works, including "Letters to My Parents" and "Conversations with Picasso," both published by the University of Chicago Press. Richard Howard, a professor at the School of the Arts at Columbia University, is an award-winning poet and translator. His translations include books by Gide, Cocteau, Giraudoux, De Beauvoir, Barthes, Cioran, and Proust, and Baudelaire's "Fleurs du Mal," for which he received the American Book Award.