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The Best American Poetry 2015
About This Book
The premier anthology of contemporary American poetry continues with an exceptional volume edited by award-winning novelist and poet Sherman Alexie, now with a new essay by Alexie on reactions to the 2015 publication. 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 series presents the year's most extraordinary new poems and writers. Guest editor Sherman Alexie's picks for The Best American Poetry 2015 highlight the depth and breadth of the American experience. Culled from electronic and print journals, the poems showcase some of our leading luminariesâAmy Gerstler, Terrance Hayes, Ron Padgett, Jane Hirshfieldâand introduce a number of outstanding younger poets taking their place in the limelight.A leading figure since his breakout poetry collection The Business of Fancydancing in 1992, Sherman Alexie won the National Book Award for his novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. He describes himself as "lucky enough to be a full-time writer" and has written short stories, novels, screenplays, and essaysâbut he is at his core a poet. As always, series editor David Lehman's foreword assessing the state of the art kicks off the book, followed by an introductory essay in which Alexie discusses his selections. The Best American Poetry 2015 is a guide to who's who and what's happening in American poetry today.
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BETHANY SCHULTZ HURST
Crisis on Infinite Earths, Issues 1â12
SAEED JONES
Body & Kentucky Bourbon
Table of contents
- Cover
- Foreword by David Lehman
- Introduction by Sherman Alexie
- Sarah Arvio, âBodhisattvaâ
- Derrick Austin, âCedars of Lebanonâ
- Desiree Bailey, âA Retrogradeâ
- Melissa Barrett, âWFM: Allergic to Pine-Sol, Am I the Only Oneâ
- Mark Bibbins, âSwallowedâ
- Jessamyn Birrer, âA Scatologyâ
- Chana Bloch, âThe Joinsâ
- Emma Bolden, âHouse Is an Enigmaâ
- Dexter L. Booth, âPrayer at 3 a.m.â
- Catherine Bowman, âMakeshiftâ
- Rachael Briggs, âin the hall of the ruby-throated warblerâ
- Jericho Brown, âHomelandâ
- Rafael Campo, âDOCTORS LIE, MAY HIDE MISTAKESâ
- Julie Carr, âA fourteen-line poem on sexâ
- Chen Chen, âfor i will do/undo what was done/undone to meâ
- Susanna Childress, âCareful, I Just Won a Prize at the Fairâ
- Yi-Fen Chou, âThe Bees, the Flowers, Jesus, Ancient Tigers, Poseidon, Adam and Eveâ
- Erica Dawson, âSlow-Wave Sleep with a Fairy Taleâ
- Danielle DeTiberus, âIn a Black Tank Topâ
- Natalie Diaz, âIt Was the Animalsâ
- Denise Duhamel, âFornicatingâ
- Thomas Sayers Ellis, âVernacular Owlâ
- Emily Kendal Frey, âIn Memory of My Parents Who Are Not Dead Yetâ
- James Galvin, âOn the Sadness of Wedding Dressesâ
- Madelyn Garner, âThe Garden in Augustâ
- Amy Gerstler, âRhinencephalonâ
- Louise GlĂźck, âA Sharply Worded Silenceâ
- R. S. Gwynn, âLooney Tunesâ
- Meredith Hasemann, âThumbsâ
- Terrance Hayes, âAntebellum House Partyâ
- Rebecca Hazelton, âMy Husbandâ
- Jane Hirshfield, âA Common Coldâ
- Bethany Schultz Hurst, âCrisis on Infinite Earths, Issues 1â12â
- Saeed Jones, âBody & Kentucky Bourbonâ
- Joan Naviyuk Kane, âExhibits from the Dark Museumâ
- Laura Kasischke, âFor the Young Woman I Saw Hit by a Car While Riding Her Bikeâ
- Douglas Kearney, âIn the End, They Were Born on TVâ
- Jennifer Keith, âEating Walnutsâ
- David Kirby, âIs Spot in Heaven?â
- Andrew Kozma, âOde to the Common Houseflyâ
- Hailey Leithauser, âThe Pickpocket Songâ
- Dana Levin, âWaching the Sea Goâ
- Patricia Lockwood, âSee a Furious Waterfall Without Waterâ
- Dora Malech, âParty Gamesâ
- Donna Masini, âAnxietiesâ
- Airea D. Matthews, âIf My Late Grandmother Were Gertrude Steinâ
- Jamaal May, âThere Are Birds Hereâ
- Laura McCullough, âThere Were Only Dandelionsâ
- Rajiv Mohabir, âDoveâ
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil, âUpon Hearing the News You Buried Our Dogâ
- D. Nurkse, âPlutoniumâ
- Tanya Olson, â54 Princeâ
- Ron Padgett, âSurvivor Guiltâ
- Alan Michael Parker, âCandying Mintâ
- Catherine Pierce, âRelevant Detailsâ
- Donald Platt, âThe Main Eventâ
- Claudia Rankine, from Citizen
- Raphael Rubinstein, âPoem Begun on a Trainâ
- Natalie Scenters-Zapico, âEndnotes on Ciudad JuĂĄrezâ
- Evie Shockley, âlegendâ
- Charles Simic, âSo Early in the Morningâ
- Sandra Simonds, âSimilitude at Versaillesâ
- Ed Skoog, âThe Macarenaâ
- A. E. Stallings, âAjarâ
- Susan Terris, âMemo to the Former Child Prodigyâ
- Michael Tyrell, âDelicatessenâ
- Wendy Videlock, âHow You Might Approach a Foal:â
- Sidney Wade, âThe Chickasaw Treesâ
- Cody Walker, âTrades I Would Makeâ
- LaWanda Walters, âGoodness in Mississippiâ
- Afaa Michael Weaver, âCity of Eternal Springâ
- Candace G. Wiley, âDear Black Barbieâ
- Terence Winch, âSubject to Changeâ
- Jane Wong, âThawâ
- Monica Youn, âMarch of the Hanged Menâ
- Contributorsâ Notes and Comments
- Magazines Where the Poems Were First Published
- Acknowledgments
- About Sherman Alexie and David Lehman
- Copyright