{"product_id":"the-best-american-poetry-paperback-2","title":"The Best American Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLyn Hejinian\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Lehman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2004\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the vitality and richness of poetry in the United States and Canada today. Guest editor Lyn Hejinian, acclaimed for her own innovative writing, has chosen seventy-five important new poems and contributed a provocative introductory essay. Through her selections, Hejinian has created an essential nexus -- a meeting place for readers to encounter an extraordinary range of poets. With illuminating comments from the writers, and series editor David Lehman's insightful foreword evaluating the current state of the art, \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2004\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable addition to a series that has established itself as the first word on what's new and noteworthy in the poetry of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLyn Hejinian\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or coauthor of more than two dozen books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eThe Fatalist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Life.\u003c\/i\u003e She recently received the sixty-sixth Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets for distinguished poetic achievement at mid-career. She lives in Berkeley and teaches at the University of California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Lehman, the series editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, edited \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. His eleven books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eThe Morning Line\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlaylist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoems in the Manner Of\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen a Woman Loves a Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Mirror.\u003c\/i\u003e The most recent of his many nonfiction books is \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.38 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131925139591,"sku":"9780743257572","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/50e0b347b4284cb806ff251aa9751b3c.webp?v=1732622443","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-best-american-poetry-paperback-2","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}