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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The eighth volume in the popular series widely regarded as America's best poetry anthology, this outstanding series--the only collection which features the 75 best poems of the year--"has taken its place alongside America's most prestigious annuals" (Cleveland Plain Dealer). This year's edition boasts more newcomers and more women contributors than previous volumes.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>The Best American Poetry 1995</i> 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 <i>Best American Poetry.</i> <br> Featuring: <br> Margaret Atwood <br> Sally Ball <br> Catherine Bowman <br> Stephanie Brown <br> Lewis Buzbee <br> Cathleen Calbert <br> Rafael Campo <br> William Carpenter <br> Nicholas Christopher <br> Jane Cooper <br> James Cummins <br> Olena Kalytiak Davis <br> Lynn Emanuel <br> Elaine Equi <br> Irving Feldman <br> Donald Finkel <br> Aaron Fogel <br> Richard Frost <br> Allen Ginsberg <br> Peter Gizzi <br> Jody Gladding <br> Elton Glaser <br> Albert Goldbarth <br> Beckian Fritz Goldberg <br> Laurence Goldstein <br> Barbara Guest <br> Marilyn Hacker <br> Judith Hall <br> Anthony Hecht <br> Edward Hirsch <br> Janet Holmes <br> Andrew Hudgins <br> T.R. Hummer <br> Brigit Pegeen Kelly <br> Karl Kirchwey <br> Carolyn Kizer <br> Wayne Koestenbaum <br> John Koethe <br> Yusef Komunyakaa <br> Maxine Kumin <br> Lisa Lewis <br> Rachel Loden <br> Robert Hill Long <br> James Longenbach <br> Gail Mazur <br> J. D. McClatchy <br> Heather McHugh <br> Susan Musgrave <br> Charles North <br> Geoffrey O'Brien <br> Jacqueline Osherow <br> Molly Peacock <br> Carl Phillips <br> Marie Ponsot <br> Bin Ramke <br> Katrina Roberts <br> Michael J. Rosen <br> Kay Ryan <br> Mary Jo Salter <br> Tony Sanders <br> Stephen Sandy <br> Grace Schulman <br> Robyn Selman <br> Alan Shapiro <br> Reginald Shepherd <br> Anglea Sorby <br> Laurel Trivelpiece <br> Paul Violi <br> Arthur Vogelsang <br> David Wagoner <br> Charles H. Webb <br> Ed Webster <br> David Wojahn <br> Jay Wright <br> Stephen Yenser<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>David Lehman, the series editor of <i>The Best American Poetry</i>, is also the editor of <i>The Oxford Book of American Poetry</i>. His eleven books of poetry include <i>Playlist</i>, <i>Poems in the Manner Of</i>, <i>New and Selected Poems</i>, <i>When a Woman Loves a Man, </i>and <i> The Daily Mirror.</i> The most recent of his many nonfiction books is <i>One Hundred Autobiographies A Memoir</i>. He lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.

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