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The Best American Poetry 1999 (1999)

by David LEHMAN (Editor), Robert BLY (Editor)

Other authors: Dick Allen (Contributor), John Balaban (Contributor), Coleman Barks (Contributor), George Bilgere (Contributor), Elizabeth Bishop (Contributor)70 more, Chana Bloch (Contributor), Philip Booth (Contributor), John Brehm (Contributor), Hayden Carruth (Contributor), Lucille Clifton (Contributor), Billy Collins (Contributor), Robert Creeley (Contributor), Lydia Davis (Contributor), Debra Kang Dean (Contributor), Chard deNiord (Contributor), Russell Edson (Contributor), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Contributor), Dan Gerber (Contributor), Louise Gluck (Contributor), Ray Gonzalez (Contributor), John Haines (Contributor), Donald Hall (Contributor), Jennifer Michael Hecht (Contributor), Bob Hicok (Contributor), Jane Hirshfield (Contributor), Tony Hoagland (Contributor), John Hollander (Contributor), Amy Holman (Contributor), David Ignatow (Contributor), Gray Jacobik (Contributor), Josephine Jacobsen (Contributor), Louis Jenkins (Contributor), Mary Karr (Contributor), XJ Kennedy (Contributor), Galway Kinnell (Contributor), Carolyn Kizer (Contributor), Ron Koertge (Contributor), Yusef Komunyakaa (Contributor), William Kulik (Contributor), James Laughlin (Contributor), Dorianne Laux (Contributor), Li-young Lee (Contributor), Denise Levertov (Contributor), Philip Levine (Contributor), David Mamet (Contributor), Gigi Marks (Contributor), William Matthews (Contributor), Wesley McNair (Contributor), Czesław Miłosz (Contributor), Joan Murray (Contributor), Sharon Olds (Contributor), Mary Oliver (Contributor), Franco Pagnucci (Contributor), Molly Peacock (Contributor), David Ray (Contributor), Adrienne Rich (Contributor), Alberto Rios (Contributor), Kay Ryan (Contributor), Sonia Sanchez (Contributor), Revan Schendler (Contributor), Myra Shapiro (Contributor), Charles Simic (Contributor), Louis Simpson (Contributor), Thomas R Smith (Contributor), Marcia Southwick (Contributor), William Stafford (Contributor), Peggy Steele (Contributor), Ruth Stone (Contributor), Larissa Szporluk (Contributor), Diane Thiel (Contributor), David Wagoner (Contributor), Richard Wilbur (Contributor), CK Williams (Contributor), Charles Wright (Contributor), Timothy Young (Contributor)

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This year's anthology gets a fresh treatment from guest editor Bly, an award-winning poet and translator famous for his leadership role in the men's movement. Bly has chosen 75 poems from literary magazines and journals.
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LEHMAN, DavidEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
BLY, RobertEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Allen, DickContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Balaban, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barks, ColemanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bilgere, GeorgeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bishop, ElizabethContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bloch, ChanaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Booth, PhilipContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brehm, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Carruth, HaydenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Clifton, LucilleContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Collins, BillyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Creeley, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Davis, LydiaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dean, Debra KangContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
deNiord, ChardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Edson, RussellContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ferlinghetti, LawrenceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gerber, DanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gluck, LouiseContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gonzalez, RayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Haines, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hall, DonaldContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hecht, Jennifer MichaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Hirshfield, JaneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hoagland, TonyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hollander, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Holman, AmyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ignatow, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jacobik, GrayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jacobsen, JosephineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jenkins, LouisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Karr, MaryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kennedy, XJContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kinnell, GalwayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kizer, CarolynContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Koertge, RonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Komunyakaa, YusefContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kulik, WilliamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Laughlin, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Laux, DorianneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lee, Li-youngContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Levertov, DeniseContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Mamet, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Marks, GigiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Matthews, WilliamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McNair, WesleyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Miłosz, CzesławContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Murray, JoanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Olds, SharonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Oliver, MaryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pagnucci, FrancoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Peacock, MollyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ray, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rich, AdrienneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rios, AlbertoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ryan, KayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sanchez, SoniaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Schendler, RevanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shapiro, MyraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Simic, CharlesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Simpson, LouisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Smith, Thomas RContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Southwick, MarciaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stafford, WilliamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Steele, PeggyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stone, RuthContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Szporluk, LarissaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Thiel, DianeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wagoner, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wilbur, RichardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Williams, CKContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wright, CharlesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Sometimes I think I'm the only man in America

who reads poems

and who walks at night in the suburbs,

calling the moon names.
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