Birth of the Best
The Making of "The Best American Poetry"
A riveting behind the-scenes look at the making of the yearly anthology founded in 1988. Series editor of The Best American Poetry, Lehman has long had his pulse on contemporary poetry/poetries as well as the politics and culture that inform it. He has undoubtedly transformed and enlarged a readership for poetry.” —Denise Duhamel ,
David Lehman launched The Best American Poetry in 1988 and continues as the annual anthology’ s general editor. Educated at Columbia and Cambridge universities, he has written for publications ranging from Newsweek, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post to American Heritage, Art in America, Partisan Review, and People. He has taught at Hamilton College, NYU, Bennington, Columbia, and the New School. He edited The Oxford Book of American Poetry and is a contributing editor for The American Scholar.
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