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[...]

Thoroughly updated and revised, a comprehensive collection of poems by America's greatest contemporary poets features works by Robert Lowell, Allen Ginsberg, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lord, Rita Dove, John Ashbery, and Frank O'Hara, as well as new poetry by Mary Oliver, Sh[...]

THIS SPECIAL EDITION CELEBRATES twenty-five years of the "Best American Poetry "series, which has become an institution. "The Best American Poetry "is the most prestigious poetry publication in the United States and has been so almost from its inception in 1988. Hotly debated, keenly monitored, arde[...]

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[...]

The premier anthology of contemporary American poetry continues--guest edited this year by award-winning poet Edward Hirsch, a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and the president of The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
The Best American Poetry series is "a vivid snapshot of w[...]

Celebrating thirty years, the 2018 edition of the Best American Poetry--"a 'best' anthology that really lives up to its title" (Chicago Tribune)--collects the most significant poems of the year, chosen by Poet Laureate of California Dana Gioia. In a review of Best American Poetry 2017, The Washingto[...]

Beneath a Single Moon is an extraordinary collection of the work of forty-five contemporary American poets--with over 250 poems and thirty essays on the influence of spiritual practice on the practice of poetry. Included are works by John Cage, Diane di Prima, Allen Ginsberg, Jane Hirshfield, Andrew[...]