{"product_id":"the-best-american-poetry-9780684860039","title":"The Best American Poetry","description":"The 1999 edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e will exceed the expectations of the many thousands of readers who eagerly await the annual arrival of this truly memorable anthology \u003ci\u003e(Chicago Tribune).\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eIron John\u003c\/i\u003e -- 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry 1999\u003c\/i\u003e reflects the most exciting and memorable poetry being written at the end of the millennium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Bly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.49w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684860039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/26\/1999 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Lehman, the series editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. His eleven books of poetry include \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\u003eand \u003ci\u003e The Daily Mirror.\u003c\/i\u003e The most recent of his many nonfiction books is \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Autobiographies A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40085644804211,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_75d2a3bd-f654-4888-a1d4-54e332744bc0.jpg?v=1652451311","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-best-american-poetry-9780684860039","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}