David Lehman Books

David Lehman is an accomplished poet and writer, known for his diverse body of work, including award-winning titles and notable editorial roles. His accolades include the ASCAP's Deems Taylor Award for A Fine Romance, showcasing his talent in poetry. As the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry and the series editor for The Best American Poetry, Lehman plays a significant role in shaping contemporary poetry. He balances his life between Ithaca and New York City, reflecting a rich engagement with both urban and academic environments.

Featuring the work of more than 200 poets, and including a head note introducing each author, this is an anthology of American poetry. It is suitable for interested in American literature.

A one hundredth-birthday tribute to the iconic entertainer collects one hundred short reflections on subjects ranging from his childhood in Hoboken and emergence in the 1940s to his romantic entanglements and bonds with the Rat Pack

The 2019 edition of The Best American Poetry—“one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world” (Academy of American Poets)—now guest edited by Major Jackson, award-winning poet and poetry editor of the Harvard Review. Since 1988, The Best American Poetry has been the leading anthology of contemporary American poetry. The Washington Post said of the 2017 edition, “The poems...have a wonderful cohesion and flow, as if each contributes to a larger narrative about life today…While readers may question some of the selections—an annual sport with this series—most will find much that resonates, including the insightful author notes at the back of the anthology.” The state of the world has inspired many to write poetry, and to read it—to share all the rage, beauty, and every other thing under the sun in the way that only poetry can. Now the foremost anthology of contemporary American poetry returns, guest edited by Major Jackson, the poet and editor who, “makes poems that rumble and rock” (poet Dorianne Laux). This brilliant 2019 edition includes some of the year’s most defining, striking, and innovative poems and poets.

Celebrating a century of Frank Sinatra's life, this engaging book offers a captivating retrospective on the legendary entertainer's impact on American culture. It combines personal anecdotes, historical context, and insights into Sinatra's enduring legacy, making it a delightful read for fans and newcomers alike. The handsome presentation adds to the appeal, marking an essential tribute to one of the most iconic figures in entertainment history.

There is a deep tradition of eroticism in American poetry. Thoughtful, provocative, moving, and sometimes mirthful, the poems collected in The Best American Erotic Poems celebrate this exuberant sensuality.These poems range across the varied landscapes of love and sex and desire -- from the intimate parts of the body to the end of an affair, from passion to solitary self-pleasure. With candor and imagination, they capture the delights and torments of sex and sexuality, nudity, love, lust, and the secret life of fantasy.David Lehman, the distinguished editor of the celebrated Best American Poetry series, has culled a witty, titillating, and alluring collection that starts with Francis Scott Key, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Hart Crane, encompasses Frank O'Hara, Anne Sexton, John Updike, Charles Simic, Billy Collins, Kevin Young, and Sharon Olds, and concludes with the rising stars of a whole new generation of versifiers, including Sarah Manguso, Ravi Shankar, and Brenda Shaughnessy.In a section of the book that is sure to prompt discussion and further reading, the living poets write about their favorite works of erotic writing.This book will delight, surprise, and inspire.

Highlighting the vibrancy of contemporary American poetry, this volume features seventy-five innovative poems selected by guest editor Matthew Zapruder. Known for his accessible and democratic approach, Zapruder curates works from a diverse range of print and online magazines, showcasing both well-known and emerging voices. Each poem is accompanied by insights from the poets, offering readers a deeper understanding of their creative processes and the themes that resonate in today's poetic landscape.

A selection of 75 poems by new and established poets, culled from the pages of nearly three dozen magazines published in the past year.