Personal Best: Makers on Their Poems That Matter Most

Book Overview

Home to fifty-eight author-selected poems and accompanying essays, Personal Best: Makers on Their Poems That Matter Most is a far-reaching, essential touchstone for the art of poetry in the United States today.

Personal Best: Makers on Their Poems That Matter Most is home to fifty-eight author-selected poems and accompanying essays that explain how and why each poet chose a poem as their "personal best." The anthology offers a provocative and surprising range of responses in which readers will find poetic context for the life of a poem and revelatory insight into the unique, personal experiences that shape the writing process itself. Including works from a wide variety of voices both new and well-established, Personal Best is a far-reaching, essential touchstone for the art of poetry in the United States today. The anthology gives readers--both long-time fans of poetry and those just discovering its possibilities--an intimate view of the heart and spirit that make poetry one of our most quintessentially human forms of expression.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556596529
• ISBN13: 9781556596520
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"