David Lehman
Author of Duchess: A Novel of Sarah Churchill
About the Author
David Lehman's books include One Hundred Autobiographies: A Memoir and Playlist: A Poem. He is the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry and series editor of The Best American Poetry. He has written nonfiction books about the New York School of poets, classic American popular songs, Frank show more Sinatra, and mystery novels, among other subjects. show less
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Series
Works by David Lehman
Best of the Best American Poetry: 25th Anniversary Edition (The Best of the Best) (2013) — Editor — 78 copies, 2 reviews
Ecstatic Occasions, Expedient Forms: 85 Leading Contemporary Poets Select and Comment on Their Poems (1996) 56 copies
The Best American Poetry 2022 (The Best American Poetry series) (2022) — Editor — 46 copies, 1 review
The Best American Poetry 2023 (The Best American Poetry series) (2023) — Editor; Contributor — 27 copies
Ecstatic occasions, expedient forms: 65 leading contemporary poets select and comment on their poems (1987) 21 copies
The best American poetry — Editor — 12 copies
The State of the Art: A Chronicle of American Poetry, 1988-2014 (Pitt Poetry Series) (2015) 11 copies
The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir (2022) 8 copies, 2 reviews
James Merrill: Essays in Criticism (Eleven Writers Discuss and Interpret the Poet's Oeuvre) (1983) 2 copies
Some nerve; poems 1 copy
Associated Works
Poetry Speaks Expanded: Hear Poets Read Their Own Work from Tennyson to Plath (2007) — Contributor — 153 copies, 1 review
Death by Pad Thai: And Other Unforgettable Meals (2015) — Author, some editions — 82 copies, 1 review
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Lehman, David
- Other names
- LEHMAN, David
- Birthdate
- 1948-06-11
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York, USA
Columbia University
Cambridge University - Occupations
- poet
editor - Organizations
- The New School
- Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1990)
Guggenheim Fellowship
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Reviews
It's hard to read poetry on a kindle, at least when I tried with this version.
The lines are messed up by the Kindle format, so I never know whether they break where the poet meant for them to break.
The lines are messed up by the Kindle format, so I never know whether they break where the poet meant for them to break.
Lehman provides a fascinating introduction to and analysis of this group of poets and the artistic community that they lived in. It's an absorbing read, rich in detail and thoughtful exploration. It's also an excellent reference work for the numerous mentions of the creative pieces (music, art, books, poems) that inspired these poets.
A complete, well edited anthology. Contains the well known and expected, but the minor or lesser known works are of excellent quality and worth remembering.
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Statistics
- Works
- 72
- Also by
- 17
- Members
- 5,950
- Popularity
- #4,154
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 73
- ISBNs
- 187
- Favorited
- 1
Lots of contemporary poets are academics, people with a breadth of understanding of current and past poetic works. They may speak of people, movements, forms that I'm unfamiliar with. The editors of this volume intrigue me but leave me behind when they describe what the volume is about. Unfortunately, so do many of the poets themselves, both in their poems and in their notes and comments. Many of the poems seem to be, at least in part, about poetry itself.
It's hard, in a way, to read isolated poetry from a span of 25 years, written by 25 poets, each writing from a different context and a different point of view, especially for someone like me who doesn't keep up with changing trends.
I am glad I dipped into The Best of the Best, but am currently unwilling to research more than a very few authors or their poetry, so I'll look around for some other way to find current-day poets that speak to me.… (more)