{"product_id":"personal-best-makers-on-their-poems-that-matter-most-9781556596520","title":"Personal Best: Makers on Their Poems That Matter Most","description":"\u003cb\u003eHome to fifty-eight author-selected poems and accompanying essays, \u003ci\u003ePersonal Best: Makers on Their Poems That Matter Most\u003c\/i\u003e is a far-reaching, essential touchstone for the art of poetry in the United States today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePersonal Best: Makers on Their Poems That Matter Most\u003c\/i\u003e is home to fifty-eight author-selected poems and accompanying essays that explain how and why each poet chose a poem as their \"personal best.\" The anthology offers a provocative and surprising range of responses in which readers will find poetic context for the life of a poem and revelatory insight into the unique, personal experiences that shape the writing process itself. Including works from a wide variety of voices both new and well-established, \u003ci\u003ePersonal Best\u003c\/i\u003e is a far-reaching, essential touchstone for the art of poetry in the United States today. The anthology gives readers--both long-time fans of poetry and those just discovering its possibilities--an intimate view of the heart and spirit that make poetry one of our most quintessentially human forms of expression. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErin Belieu is the author of five poetry collections, all from Copper Canyon Press, including her most recent, \u003ci\u003eCome-Hither Honeycomb\u003c\/i\u003e. Belieu literary activism earned her the AWP's George Garrett Prize for her service to the national writing community, and she co-founded VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and Writers Resist. Belieu teaches in the University of Houston MFA\/Ph.D. Creative Writing Program and for Lesley University's low residency MFA program in Cambridge, Massachusetts. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl Phillips is a seasoned poet, author, and translator who has published three prose books and sixteen poetry collections, most recently \u003ci\u003eThen the War: New And Selected Poems 2007-2020\u003c\/i\u003e. His honors include the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry (2023), a Lambda Literary Award, the PEN\/USA Award for Poetry, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Library of Congress, and the Academy of American Poets. He teaches at Washington University in St. Louis with a focus on contemporary poetry, classical philology, and translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611052642578,"sku":"9781556596520","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4aa96d68-db4e-4714-8373-02dbb8cc373c.jpg?v=1732355854","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/personal-best-makers-on-their-poems-that-matter-most-9781556596520","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}