Since its inception in 1988, The Best American Poetry series has achieved brand-name status in the literary world as the preeminent showcase of each year's most important contributions to American poetry. This year's exceptional volume, edited by Robert Creeley, a figure revered across teh wide spec[...]

The twentieth edition of "The Best American" poetry series celebrates the rich and fertile landscape of American poetry. Renowned poet Heather McHugh loves words and the unexpected places they take you; her own poetry elevates wordplay to a species of metaphysical wit. For this year's anthology McHu[...]

The Cambridge History of American Poetry offers a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their beginnings until the end of the twentieth century. Bringing together the insights of fifty distinguished scholars, this literary history emphasizes the complex role[...]

The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry provides historical context on the evolution of the Latin American poetic tradition from the sixteenth century to the present day. It is organized into three parts. Part I provides a comprehensive, chronological survey of Latin American poetry and inc[...]

The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry provides historical context on the evolution of the Latin American poetic tradition from the sixteenth century to the present day. It is organized into three parts. Part I provides a comprehensive, chronological survey of Latin American poetry and inc[...]

OVER THE LAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, the" Best American Poetry" series has become an annual rite of autumn, eagerly awaited and hotly debated: "an essential purchase" ("The Washington Post"). This year, guest editor Denise Duhamel brings her wit and enthusiasm and her commitment to poetry in all its wid[...]

The premier anthology of contemporary American poetry continues with an exceptional volume edited by award-winning novelist and poet Sherman Alexie.
Since its debut in 1988, "The Best American Poetry" has become a mainstay for the direction and spirit of American poetry. Each volume in the serie[...]

From the Beat poetry of the '50s to the spoken word of today, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry brings readers the words, visions, and extravagant lives of bohemians, beatniks, hippies, punks, and slackers. Like Donald Allen's epochal New American Poetry, The Outlaw Bible will serve as a primer f[...]

Playful, thoughtful, and important, the 28 poets collected here -- including pioneers of the Beat movement, many of whom remain not just relevant but vital to this day -- offer innovations on traditional and time-honored Buddhist poetic forms. "The Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry [...]