{"product_id":"the-best-american-poetry-paperback-4","title":"The Best American Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Bly\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Lehman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1999 edition of \"The Best American Poetry\" will exceed the expectations of the many thousands of readers who eagerly await the annual arrival of this \"truly memorable anthology.\" (Chicago Tribune). 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, \"Iron John\" -- 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, \"The Best American Poetry 1999\" reflects the most exciting and memorable poetry being written at the end of the millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.42 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132428882055,"sku":"9780684860039","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/446f32e44d63fdc9df90876790b57657.webp?v=1732626358","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-best-american-poetry-paperback-4","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}