THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2016

Hirsch, Edward; Lehman, David

ISBN 10: 1501127551 / ISBN 13: 9781501127557

Published by Scribner Poetry, New York, 2016

About this Item

First printing of this collection of the year's best poems, from the library of poet Stanley Plumly, whose "Variation on a Line From Elizabeth Bishop's 'Five Fights Up'" was selected for inclusion. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original quarter blue cloth with grey boards. In original unclipped ($35.00) dust jacket. Letter from Scribner representative to contributor Stanley Plumly laid in. Minor edgewear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2016
• Publisher: Scribner Poetry, New York
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1501127551
• ISBN 13: 9781501127557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition (stated).
• Condition: Fine in fine jacket.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

The premier anthology of contemporary American poetry continues—guest edited this year by award-winning poet Edward Hirsch, a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and the president of The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

The Best American Poetry series is “a vivid snapshot of what a distinguished poet finds exciting, fresh and memorable” (Robert Pinsky); a guiding light for the mood and shape of modern American poetry. Each year, this series presents essential American verse and the poets who create it. Truly the “best” American poetry has appeared in this venerable collection for over twenty-five years.

A poet of decided brilliance since his 1981 debut collection, For the Sleepwalkers, Edward Hirsch curates a thoughtful selection of poetry for 2016 and an Introduction to be savored. Jumpha Lahiri said of Hirsch, “The trademarks of his poems are…to be intimate but restrained, to be tender without being sentimental, to witness life without flinching, and above all, to isolate and preserve those details of our existence so often overlooked, so easily forgotten, so essential to our souls.” Hirsch’s choices for this collection reflect the soul of poetry in America. As ever, series editor David Lehman opens this year’s edition with an insider’s guide and a thoughtful contemplation of poetry today.

About the Author

David Lehman, the series editor of The Best American Poetry, is also the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry. His eleven books of poetry include Playlist, Poems in the Manner Of, New and Selected Poems, When a Woman Loves a Man, and  The Daily Mirror. The most recent of his many nonfiction books is One Hundred Autobiographies  A Memoir. He lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.

Edward Hirsch is an American poet and critic who wrote national bestseller How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry. He has published nine books of poems, including The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems, which brings together thirty-five years of work, and Gabriel: A Poem, a book-length elegy for his son that The New Yorker calls “a masterpiece of sorrow.” He has also published five prose books about poetry. He is president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in New York City.