David Lehman è un poeta celebrato e curatore della serie The Best American Poetry. Il suo lavoro è noto per le sue esplorazioni illuminanti dell'esperienza umana e per un approccio stilistico distintivo. La poesia di Lehman si addentra spesso in temi di memoria, identità e il passare del tempo, mantenendo una profonda risonanza emotiva. I suoi contributi arricchiscono significativamente la poesia americana contemporanea.
This anthology features a curated selection of outstanding works that exemplify excellence in literature. Celebrated for its quality, it brings together a diverse range of voices and styles, making it a compelling read for both new and seasoned readers. Each piece has been chosen for its ability to resonate and provoke thought, showcasing the best of contemporary writing.
The 2020 edition of contemporary American poetry returns, guest edited by Paisley Rekdal, the award-winning poet and author of Nightingale.
The twentieth edition of The Best American poetry series celebrates the rich and fertile landscape of American poetry. Renowned poet Heather McHugh loves words and the unexpected places they take you; her own poetry elevates wordplay to a species of metaphysical wit. For this year's anthology McHugh has culled a spectacular group of poems reflecting her passion for language, her acumen, and her vivacious humor. From the thousands of poems published or posted in one year, McHugh has chosen seventy-five that fully engage the reader while illustrating the formal and tonal diversity of American poetry. With new work by established poets such as Louise Glück, Robert Hass, and Richard Wilbur, The Best American Poetry 2007 also features such younger talents as Ben Lerner, Meghan O'Rourke, Brian Turner, and Matthea Harvey. Graced with McHugh's fascinating introduction, the anthology includes the ever-popular notes and comments section in which the contributors write about their work. Series editor David Lehman's engaging foreword limns the necessity of poetry. The Best American Poetry 2007 is an exciting addition to a series committed to covering the American poetry scene and delivering great poems to a broad audience.
This magnificent volume is the first comprehensive study of the influence of Abstract Expressionism on printmaking.
Deconstruction leaves few people neutral. Lehman examines the current academic uproar over this literary movement and the scandal arising from the revelations that the late de Man, one of its chief exponents, had collaborated with the Nazis, writing anti-Semitic articles during the German occupation of Belgium. He includes a translation of de Man's 1941 essay, "The Jews in Contemporary Literature." Lehman is especially interested in analyzing the often disingenuous defenses of de Man offered by the deconstructive establishment, and the deeper implications of these with regard to the state of intellectual life in the United States. While Lehman finds the implications of deconstruction disturbing, his treatment is lively and thorough.
A selection of 75 poems by new and established poets, culled from the pages of nearly three dozen magazines published in the past year.
Inaugurated in the fall of 1988, the Best American Poetry series continues to astonish, enlighten, and delight in "an exhilirating compendium of talent with staggering diversity".--Publishers Weekly.
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