The Best American Poetry 1995

Richard Howard, David Lehman

• Publisher: Scribner
• Year: 1995
• Print ISBN:
  9780684801513
• eBook ISBN:
  9781439106167
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: American Poetry
• Index: Literature

The Best American Poetry 1995 once again highlights the dazzling spectrum of style and subject matter to be found in the art today. Guest editor Richard Howard's accent is on discovery and surprise, and he has gleaned the most inventive and searching writing from a wide variety of literary journals. The themes and imagery here are indisputably "American," as our best poets continue to mine personal as well as communal experience for their work. Now in its eighth year, this series has established itself as a rich and vibrant source of new poetry -- celebrated in bookstores and on college campuses. Welcome, once again, the memorable voices and unique pleasures of Best American Poetry.

Featuring:

Margaret Atwood

Sally Ball

Catherine Bowman

Stephanie Brown

Lewis Buzbee

Cathleen Calbert

Rafael Campo

William Carpenter

Nicholas Christopher

Jane Cooper

James Cummins

Olena Kalytiak Davis

Lynn Emanuel

Elaine Equi

Irving Feldman

Donald Finkel

Aaron Fogel

Richard Frost

Allen Ginsberg

Peter Gizzi

Jody Gladding

Elton Glaser

Albert Goldbarth

Beckian Fritz Goldberg

Laurence Goldstein

Barbara Guest

Marilyn Hacker

Judith Hall

Anthony Hecht

Edward Hirsch

Janet Holmes

Andrew Hudgins

T.R. Hummer

Brigit Pegeen Kelly

Karl Kirchwey

Carolyn Kizer

Wayne Koestenbaum

John Koethe

Yusef Komunyakaa

Maxine Kumin

Lisa Lewis

Rachel Loden

Robert Hill Long

James Longenbach

Gail Mazur

J. D. McClatchy

Heather McHugh

Susan Musgrave

Charles North

Geoffrey O'Brien

Jacqueline Osherow

Molly Peacock

Carl Phillips

Marie Ponsot

Bin Ramke

Katrina Roberts

Michael J. Rosen

Kay Ryan

Mary Jo Salter

Tony Sanders

Stephen Sandy

Grace Schulman

Robyn Selman

Alan Shapiro

Reginald Shepherd

Anglea Sorby

Laurel Trivelpiece

Paul Violi

Arthur Vogelsang

David Wagoner

Charles H. Webb

Ed Webster

David Wojahn

Jay Wright

Stephen Yenser

Table of contents

• Front
• Contents
• About the Author
• Foreword by David Lehman
• About the Author
• Introductionby Richard Howard
• Margaret Atwoodbored
• Sally Ballnocturnal
• Catherine Bowmanmrx
• Stephanie Browns Chadenfreude
• Lewis Buzbeesundaytarzan In His Hammock
• CAthleen Calbert The Woman Who Loved Things
• Rafael Campo The Battle Hymn Of The Republic
• William Carpentergirl Writing A Letter
• Nicholas Christopher Terminus
• Jane Cooperthe Infusion Room
• James Cummins Sestina
• Olena Kalytiak Davisthirty Years Rising
• Lynn Emanuel Film Noir Train Trip Out Of Metropolis
• Elaine Equi Sometimes I Get Distracted
• Irving Feldman Terminal Laughs
• Donald Finkel In The Clearing
• Aaron Fogel The Printer’s Error
• Richard Frost For A Brother
• ALlen Ginsberg Salutations To Fernando Pessoa
• Peter Gizzi Another Day On The Pilgrimage
• Jody Gladdinga Sparagus
• Elton Glaser Undead White European Male
• Albert Goldbartha Still Life Symbolic Of Lines
• Beckian Fritz Goldberg Being Pharaoh
• Laurence Goldstein Permissive Entrya Sermon On Fame
• Barbara Guestif So
• Marilyn Hacker Days Of 1992
• Judith Hall Stperegrinus’ Cancer
• Anthony Hecht Prospects
• Edward Hirsch Unearthly Voices
• Janet Holme Sagainst The Literal
• Andrew Hudgins Seventeen
• T Rhummera Pocatastasis Foretold In The Shape Of A Canvas Of Smoke
• Brigit Pegeen Kellyall Wild Animals Were Once Called Deer
• Karl Kirchwey Sonogram
• Carolyn Kizer On A Line From Valéry
• Wayne Koest Enbaum 1975
• John Koethe Falling Water
• Yusef Komunyaka Atroubling The Water
• Maxine Kumin Getting The Message
• Lisa Lewis Bridget
• Rachel Loden My Night With Philip Larkin
• Robert Hill Long Refuge
• James Longen Bach What You Find In The Woods
• Gail Mazur Fracture Santa Monica
• J.D McClatchymy Mammogram
• Heather McHughand What Do You Get
• Susan Musgrave Exchange Of Fire
• Charles North Shooting For Line
• Geoffrey O’brien The Interior Prisoner
• Jacqueline Oshero Wlate Night Tête à Tête With A Moon In Transit
• Molly Peacock Have You Ever Faked An Orgasm
• Carl Phillip Stoys
• Marie Ponsot Old Mama Saturday
• Bin Ramke How Light Is Spent
• Katrina Roberts How Late Desire Looks
• Michael Jrosen The Night Before His Parents’ First Trip To Europe His Mother Writes A Letter “To Our Children”
• Kay Ryan Outsider Art
• Mary Jo SALTER The Age Of Reason
• Tony Sanders Transit Authority
• Stephen Sandy Threads
• GRace Schulman The Present Perfect
• Robyn Selman Avec Amour
• Alan Shapiro Manufacturing
• Reginald Shepherd Brotherhood
• Angela Sorby Museum Piece
• Laurel Trivelpiece The Nursery
• Paul Violi Scatter
• Arthur Vogel Sang The Nose The Grand Canyonand The Sixties
• David WAGONER Walt Whitman Bathing
• Charles Hwebb The Shape Of History
• Ed Webstersan Joaquin Valley Poems 1969
• David Wojahn Homage To Ryszard Kapuściński
• Jay Wright The Cradle Logic Of Autumn
• Stephen Yenser Blue Guide
• Contributors’ Notes And Comments
• Magazines Where The Poems Were First Published
• Acknowledgments
• Cumulative Series Index
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