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The Best American Poetry 1998 Paperback - 1998
by Lehman, David [Editor]
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- Paperback
The 1998 edition of the "year's worth of the very best" ("People") in poetry features stunning poems from such esteemed writers as Anthony Hecht, Richard Wilbur, Robert Pinsky, and Rosanna Warren. Local reading with the contributors.
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- Title The Best American Poetry 1998
- Author Lehman, David [Editor]
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Original
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Scribner, New York
- Date 1998-08-05
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 10789507
- ISBN 9780684814506 / 0684814501
- Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.43 x 5.53 x 0.94 in (21.41 x 14.05 x 2.39 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects American poetry - 21st century, American poetry - 20th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 88644281
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.008
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Summary
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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- Booklist, 08/01/1998, Page 1953
- Library Journal, 08/01/1998, Page 94
- Publishers Weekly, 07/27/1998, Page 0