The State of the Art: A Chronicle of American Poetry, 1988-2014

by David Lehman

Book Overview

The acclaimed annual, The Best American Poetry, is the most prestigious showcase of new poetry in the United States and Canada. Each year since the series began in 1988, David Lehman has contributed a foreword, and this has evolved into a sort of state-of-the-art address that surveys new developments and explores various matters facing poets and their readers today. This book collects all twenty-nine forewords (including the two written for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822944391
• ISBN13: 9780822944393
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"