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The Best American Poetry 1997
About This Book
Now celebrating its tenth anniversary, The Best American Poetry is the one indispensable volume for readers eager to follow what's new in poetry today. Sales continue to grow and plaudits keep coming in for this "high-voltage testament to the vitality of American poetry" (Booklist). Selected by prizewinning guest editor James Tate, the seventy-five best poems of the year were chosen from more than three dozen magazines and range from the comic to the cosmic, from the contemplative to the sublime. In addition to showcasing our leading bards -- such as John Ashbery, Jorie Graham, Robert Hass, and Mark Strand -- the collection marks an auspicious debut for eye-opening younger poets. With comments from the poets themselves offering insights into their work, The Best American Poetry 1997 delivers the startling and imaginative writing that more and more people have come to expect from this prestigious series.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword By David Lehman
- About the Author 2
- Introduction By James Tate
- Ai, âBack In The Worldâ
- Sherman Alexie, âThe Exaggeration Of Despairâ
- Agha Shahid Ali, âReturn To Harmony 3â
- A. R Ammons, From âStripâ
- Nin Andrews, âThat Cold Summerâ
- L. S Asekoff, âRounding The Hornâ
- John Ashbery, âThe Problem Of Anxietyâ
- Marianne Boruch, âCamouflageâ
- Catherine Bowman, âNo Sorryâ
- Joseph Brodsky, âLove Songâ
- Stephanie Brown, âFeminine Intuitionâ
- Joshua Clover, âThe Map Roomâ
- Billy Collins, âLines Lost Among Treesâ
- Gillian Conoley, âThe Sky Drank Inâ
- Jayne Cortez, âThe Heavy Headed Danceâ
- Robert Creeley, âWonât It Be Fine â
- Carl Dennis, âHistoryâ
- William Dickey, âThe Death Of John Berrymanâ
- Robert Dow, âHow Should I Say This â
- Thomas Sayers Ellis, âAtomic Brideâ
- Irving Feldman, âYou Know What Iâm Saying â
- Herman Fong, âAsylumâ
- Dick Gallup, âBacking Into The Futureâ
- Martin Galvin, âIntroductionsâ
- Amy Gerstler, âA Fan Letterâ
- Allen Ginsberg, âIs Aboutâ
- Dana Gioia, âThe Litanyâ
- Elton Glaser, âSmokingâ
- Kate Gleason, âAfter Fighting For Hoursâ
- Albert Goldbarth, âComplete With Starry Night And Bourbon Shotsâ
- Jorie Graham, âThinkingâ
- Donald Hall, âThe Porcelain Coupleâ
- Daniel Halperm, âHer Bodyâ
- Robert Hass, âInterrupted Meditationâ
- Bob Hicok, âHeroinâ
- Paul Hoover, âCaliforniaâ
- Christine Hume, âHelicopter Wrecked On A Hillâ
- Harry Humes, âThe Butterfly Effectâ
- Don Hymans, âPassacagliaâ
- Lawson Fusao Inada, âMaking It Stickâ
- Richard Jackson, âThe Poem That Was Once Called âDesperateâ But Is Now Striving To Become The Perfect Love Poemâ
- Gray Jacobik, âDust Stormâ
- George Kalamaras, âMudâ
- Jennifer L. Knox, âThe Bright Light Of Responsibilityâ
- Philip Kobylarz, âA Bill Postedâ
- Yusef Komunyakaa, âJeanne Duvalâs Confessionâ
- Elizabeth Kostova, âSuddenly I Realized I Was Sittingâ
- Denise Levertov, âThe Changeâ
- Larry Levis, âAnastasia And Sandmanâ
- Matthew Lippman, âHallelujah Terribleâ
- Beth Lisick, âEmpress of Sighsâ
- Khaled Mattawa, âHeartsongâ
- William Matthews, âVerminâ
- Josip Novakovich, âShadowâ
- Geoffrey Nutter, âFrom A Summer Eveningâ
- Catie Rosemurgy, âMostly Mick Jaggerâ
- Clare Rossini, âValedictionâ
- Mary Ruefle, âTopophiliaâ
- Hillel Schwartz, âRecruiting Posterâ
- Maureen Seaton, âFiddleheadsâ
- Vijay Seshadri, âLifelineâ
- Steven Sherrill, âKatyn Forestâ
- Charles Simic, âThe Somethingâ
- Charlie Smith, âBedsâ
- Leon Stokesbury, âEveningâS Endâ
- Mark Strand, âMorning Noon And Nightâ
- Jack Turner, âThe Planâ
- Karen Volkman, âInfernalâ
- Derek Walcott, âItalian Ecloguesâ
- Rosanna Warren, âDiversionâ
- Lewis Warsh, âDownward Mobilityâ
- Terence Winch, âShadow Grammarâ
- Eve Wood, âRecognitionâ
- Charles Wright, âDisjecta Membraâ
- Dean Young, âFrottageâ
- Contributorsâ Notes And Comments
- Magazines Where The Poems Were First Published
- Acknowledgments
- Cumulative Series Index