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- Entering its ninth year, Best New Poets has established itself as a crucial venue for rising poets and a valuable resource for poetry lovers.
- About the Author: Dorianne Laux is the author of five volumes of poetry, including Facts about the Moon, winner of the Oregon Book Award, and What We Carry, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
- 150 Pages
- Poetry, Anthologies (multiple authors)
- Series Name: Best New Poets
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The work of the fifty writers represented here provides the best perspective available on the continuing vitality of poetry as it is being practiced today.Book Synopsis
Entering its ninth year, Best New Poets has established itself as a crucial venue for rising poets and a valuable resource for poetry lovers. The only publication of its kind, this annual anthology is made up exclusively of work by writers who have not yet published a full-length book. The poems included in this eclectic sampling represent the best from the many that have been nominated by the country's top literary magazines and writing programs, as well as some two thousand additional poems submitted through an open online competition. The work of the fifty writers represented here provides the best perspective available on the continuing vitality of poetry as it is being practiced today.
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[A] reminder that contemporary poetry is not only alive and well but continuing to grow.
-- "Publishers Weekly"[These poets] prove that American poetry has the strength and vision to move beyond the MFA environment in order to reshape and reflect past traditions.
-- "Bloomsbury Review"This collection stands out among the crowd claiming to represent emergent poets. Much of the editing and preliminary reading was done by emerging poets themselves, which results in an anthology that's fresh and eclectic, and may actually represent a significant portion of the best new poetry being written by the next generation.
-- "Virginia Quarterly Review"About the Author
Dorianne Laux is the author of five volumes of poetry, including Facts about the Moon, winner of the Oregon Book Award, and What We Carry, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She teaches poetry at Pacific University and North Carolina State University.
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