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The Best American Poetry 1999

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  • 224 páginas
  • 8 horas de lectura

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The 1999 edition of <i>The Best American Poetry</i> will exceed the expectations of the many thousands of readers who eagerly await the annual arrival of this "truly memorable anthology" <i>(Chicago Tribune).</i> Guest editor Robert Bly, an award-winning poet and translator -- famous, too, for his leadership role in the men's movement and his bestselling book, <i>Iron John</i> -- has made selections that present American poetry in all its dazzling originality, richness, and variety. The year's poems are striking in their vibrancy; they all display that essential energy that Bly calls "heat," whether the heat of friendship, the heat of form, or the heat that results when a poet "brings the soul up close to the thing" he or she is contemplating. With comments from the poets illuminating their work, <i>The Best American Poetry 1999</i> reflects the most exciting and memorable poetry being written at the end of the millennium.

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The Best American Poetry 1999, David Lehman, Robert Bly

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Título
The Best American Poetry 1999
Idioma
Inglés
Editorial
Scribner
Publicado en
1999
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
224
ISBN10
0684860031
ISBN13
9780684860039
Serie
Descripción
The 1999 edition of <i>The Best American Poetry</i> will exceed the expectations of the many thousands of readers who eagerly await the annual arrival of this "truly memorable anthology" <i>(Chicago Tribune).</i> Guest editor Robert Bly, an award-winning poet and translator -- famous, too, for his leadership role in the men's movement and his bestselling book, <i>Iron John</i> -- has made selections that present American poetry in all its dazzling originality, richness, and variety. The year's poems are striking in their vibrancy; they all display that essential energy that Bly calls "heat," whether the heat of friendship, the heat of form, or the heat that results when a poet "brings the soul up close to the thing" he or she is contemplating. With comments from the poets illuminating their work, <i>The Best American Poetry 1999</i> reflects the most exciting and memorable poetry being written at the end of the millennium.