The Best American Poetry 2023

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Award-winning poet Elaine Equi selects the poems for the 2023 edition of The Best American Poetry, a best anthology that really lives up to its title (Chicago Tribune).

Since its debut in 1988, The Best American Poetry series has been one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world (Academy of American Poets). Each volume presents some of the years most striking and innovative poems, with comments from the poets themselves offering insight into their work.

For The Best American Poetry 2023 guest editor Elaine Equi, whose own work is deft, delicate [and] subversive (August Kleinzahler), has made astute choices representing contemporary poetry at its most dynamic. The result is an exceptionally coherent vision of American poetry today.

Including valuable introductory essays contributed by the series and guest editors, the 2023 volume is sure to capture the attention of both Best American Poetry loyalists and newcomers to the series.

Author Bio

David Lehman, the series editor ofThe Best American Poetry, editedTheOxford Book of American Poetry. His eleven books of poetry includeThe Morning Line,Playlist,Poems in the Manner Of,New and Selected Poems,When a Woman Loves a Man,andThe Daily Mirror.The most recent of his many nonfiction books isThe Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir. He lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.