Sphere is the second of A. R. Ammons's long poems-following Tape for the Turn of the Year and preceding Garbage-that mark him as a master of this particular form. The sphere in question is the earth itself, and Ammons's wonderfully stocked mind roams globally, ruminating on subjects that range from [...]

"It will seem increasingly to many attentive readers that this volume-the most distinguished book of American verse, in my judgment, since the publication of Wallace Stevens's Collected Poems in 1955-marks the permanent establishment of a major visionary poet."-Harold Bloom "No mere gathering of poe[...]

A.R. Ammons produced some of the twentieth century's most innovative and enduring poetry, collected here for the first time in its entirety. Volume I follows Ammons's development through his National Book Award-winning Collected Poems 1951-1971 and his daring work of the 1970s. The second volume rou[...]

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[...]