The State of the Art: A Chronicle of American Poetry, 1988-2014

The annual, The Best American Poetry, is the most prestigious showcase of new poetry in the US and Canada. Each year since the series began, David Lehman has contributed a foreword, and this has evolved into a sort of state-of-the-art address that surveys new developments and explores various matters facing poets and their readers. This book collects all twenty-nine forewords.

Summary

This book collects all twenty-nine forewords from The Best American Poetry series. Beginning with a new introduction by David Lehman and a foreword by poet Denise Duhamel (guest editor for The Best American Poetry 2013), the collection conveys a sense of American poetry in the making, year by year, over the course of a quarter of a century.

Product details

• Authors: David Lehman
• Publisher: Univ Of Pittsburgh Pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.2015
• EAN: 9780822944393
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4439-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 511 g
• Series: Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series; Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama