The Best American Poetry 1998 (1998)

by David LEHMAN (Editor), John HOLLANDER (Editor)

Other authors: Jonathan Aaron (Contributor), Agha Shahid Ali (Contributor), Dick Allen (Contributor), AR Ammons (Contributor), Daniel Anderson (Contributor) — 70 more, James Applewhite (Contributor), Craig Arnold (Contributor), Sarah Arvio (Contributor), John Ashbery (Contributor), Frank Bidart (Contributor), Robert Bly (Contributor), George Bradley (Contributor), John Bricuth (Contributor), Anne Carson (Contributor), Turner Cassity (Contributor), Henri Cole (Contributor), Billy Collins (Contributor), Alfred Corn (Contributor), James Cummins (Contributor), Tom Disch (Contributor), Denise Duhamel (Contributor), Lynn Emanuel (Contributor), Irving Feldman (Contributor), Emily Fragos (Contributor), Debora Greger (Contributor), Allen Grossman (Contributor), Thom Gunn (Contributor), Marilyn Hacker (Contributor), Rachel Hadas (Contributor), Donald Hall (Contributor), Joseph Harrison (Contributor), Anthony Hecht (Contributor), Daryl Hine (Contributor), Edward Hirsch (Contributor), Richard Howard (Contributor), Andrew Hudgins (Contributor), Mark Jarman (Contributor), Donald Justice (Contributor), Brigit Pegeen Kelly (Contributor), Karl Kirchwey (Contributor), Carolyn Kizer (Contributor), Kenneth Koch (Contributor), John Koethe (Contributor), Rika Lesser (Contributor), Phillis Levin (Contributor), Philip Levine (Contributor), Rebecca McClanahan (Contributor), JD McClatchy (Contributor), Heather McHugh (Contributor), Sandra McPherson (Contributor), WS Merwin (Contributor), Robert Mezey (Contributor), AF Moritz (Contributor), Thylias Moss (Contributor), William Mullen (Contributor), Eric Ormsby (Contributor), Jacqueline Osherow (Contributor), Robert Pinsky (Contributor), Reynolds Price (Contributor), Wyatt Prunty (Contributor), Stephen Sandy (Contributor), Alan Shapiro (Contributor), Robert B. Shaw (Contributor), Charles Simic (Contributor), Mark Strand (Contributor), James Tate (Contributor), Sidney Wade (Contributor), Derek Walcott (Contributor), Rosanna Warren (Contributor), Rachel Wetzsteon (Contributor), Susan Wheeler (Contributor), Richard Wilbur (Contributor), CK Williams (Contributor), Greg Williamson (Contributor), Charles Wright (Contributor)

Series: The Best American Poetry (11)

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The appearance of The Best American Poetry every September is an eagerly awaited rite of fall -- as evidenced by soaring sales and terrific reviews. The popularity of the series is "ample proof that poetry is thriving" (The Orlando Sentinel), and this year's volume will dazzle and delight, instruct and inspire. Under the guiding vision of master poet John Hollander -- one of America's most erudite literary minds -- The Best American Poetry 1998 spotlights the imaginative power and insight of our finest poets at the fin-de-siècle. Diverse in form and method, the poems display an unwavering nobility of expression, maintaining the uncompromising artistic standards essential to The Best American Poetry tradition as it enters its second decade. With a foreword by series editor David Lehman and with comments from the poets illuminating their work, The Best American Poetry 1998 will lead you on an exhilarating and inspiring literary adventure.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
LEHMAN, David	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
HOLLANDER, John	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Aaron, Jonathan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ali, Agha Shahid	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Allen, Dick	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ammons, AR	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Anderson, Daniel	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Applewhite, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Arnold, Craig	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Arvio, Sarah	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ashbery, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bidart, Frank	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bly, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bradley, George	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bricuth, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carson, Anne	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cassity, Turner	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cole, Henri	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Collins, Billy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Corn, Alfred	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cummins, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Disch, Tom	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Duhamel, Denise	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Emanuel, Lynn	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Feldman, Irving	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fragos, Emily	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Greger, Debora	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Grossman, Allen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gunn, Thom	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hacker, Marilyn	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hadas, Rachel	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hall, Donald	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Harrison, Joseph	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hecht, Anthony	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hine, Daryl	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hirsch, Edward	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Howard, Richard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hudgins, Andrew	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jarman, Mark	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Justice, Donald	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kelly, Brigit Pegeen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kirchwey, Karl	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kizer, Carolyn	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Koch, Kenneth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Koethe, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lesser, Rika	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Levin, Phillis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Levine, Philip	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McClanahan, Rebecca	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McClatchy, JD	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McHugh, Heather	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McPherson, Sandra	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Merwin, WS	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mezey, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Moritz, AF	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Moss, Thylias	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mullen, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ormsby, Eric	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Osherow, Jacqueline	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pinsky, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Price, Reynolds	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Prunty, Wyatt	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sandy, Stephen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shapiro, Alan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shaw, Robert B.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Simic, Charles	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Strand, Mark	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tate, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wade, Sidney	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Walcott, Derek	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Warren, Rosanna	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wetzsteon, Rachel	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wheeler, Susan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wilbur, Richard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Williams, CK	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Williamson, Greg	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wright, Charles	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The appearance of The Best American Poetry every September is an eagerly awaited rite of fall -- as evidenced by soaring sales and terrific reviews. The popularity of the series is "ample proof that poetry is thriving" (The Orlando Sentinel), and this year's volume will dazzle and delight, instruct and inspire. Under the guiding vision of master poet John Hollander -- one of America's most erudite literary minds -- The Best American Poetry 1998 spotlights the imaginative power and insight of our finest poets at the fin-de-siècle. Diverse in form and method, the poems display an unwavering nobility of expression, maintaining the uncompromising artistic standards essential to The Best American Poetry tradition as it enters its second decade. With a foreword by series editor David Lehman and with comments from the poets illuminating their work, The Best American Poetry 1998 will lead you on an exhilarating and inspiring literary adventure.

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