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The 1999 edition of <i>The Best American Poetry</i> will exceed the expectations of the many thousands of readers who eagerly await the annual arrival of this "truly memorable anthology" <i>(Chicago Tribune).</i> Guest editor Robert Bly, an award-winning poet and translator -- famous, too, for his leadership role in the men's movement and his bestselling book, <i>Iron John</i> -- has made selections that present American poetry in all its dazzling originality, richness, and variety. The year's poems are striking in their vibrancy; they all display that essential energy that Bly calls "heat," whether the heat of friendship, the heat of form, or the heat that results when a poet "brings the soul up close to the thing" he or she is contemplating. With comments from the poets illuminating their work, <i>The Best American Poetry 1999</i> reflects the most exciting and memorable poetry being written at the end of the millennium.
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The Best American Poetry 1999, David Lehman, Robert Bly
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- The Best American Poetry 1999
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Lehman, Robert Bly
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN10
- 0684860031
- ISBN13
- 9780684860039
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Poetry, Love, Compilations, Anthologies, USA, American Literature, 20th century, Writing, Collected Works, Lyric, Writers, Poets, American Poetry
- Description
- The 1999 edition of <i>The Best American Poetry</i> will exceed the expectations of the many thousands of readers who eagerly await the annual arrival of this "truly memorable anthology" <i>(Chicago Tribune).</i> Guest editor Robert Bly, an award-winning poet and translator -- famous, too, for his leadership role in the men's movement and his bestselling book, <i>Iron John</i> -- has made selections that present American poetry in all its dazzling originality, richness, and variety. The year's poems are striking in their vibrancy; they all display that essential energy that Bly calls "heat," whether the heat of friendship, the heat of form, or the heat that results when a poet "brings the soul up close to the thing" he or she is contemplating. With comments from the poets illuminating their work, <i>The Best American Poetry 1999</i> reflects the most exciting and memorable poetry being written at the end of the millennium.