{"product_id":"the-best-of-the-best-american-poetry-9781451658880","title":"The Best of the Best American Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eRobert Pinsky, distinguished poet and man of letters, selects the top 100 poems from twenty-five years of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis special edition celebrates twenty-five years of the \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which has become an institution. From its inception in 1988, it has been hotly debated, keenly monitored, ardently advocated (or denounced), and obsessively scrutinized. Each volume consists of seventy-five poems chosen by a major American poet acting as guest editor--from John Ashbery in 1988 to Mark Doty in 2012, with stops along the way for such poets as Charles Simic, A. R. Ammons, Louise Gl?ck, Adrienne Rich, Billy Collins, Heather McHugh, and Kevin Young. Out of the 1,875 poems that have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, here are 100 that Robert Pinsky, the distinguished poet and man of letters, has chosen for this milestone edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Lehman, the series editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, edited \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. His books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eThe Morning Line\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen a Woman Loves a Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Mirror.\u003c\/i\u003e The most recent of his many nonfiction books is \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Pinsky\u003c\/b\u003e was the nation's Poet Laureate from 1997 to 2000. An acclaimed poet and scholar of poetry, he is also an internationally renowned man of letters. His \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e was published in paperback in March 2012. His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide\u003c\/i\u003e and his bestselling translation \u003ci\u003eThe Inferno of Dante\u003c\/i\u003e, which won \u003ci\u003ethe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award. He teaches at Boston University and is the poetry editor at \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707549651218,"sku":"9781451658880","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8cfdd22f-7428-49fa-ad34-58f3dafb2093.jpg?v=1734497958","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-of-the-best-american-poetry-9781451658880","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}