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A mid an "explosion in the interest of poetry nationwide" , The Best American Poetry 2000 delivers one of the finest volumes yet in this renowned series. Guest editor Rita Dove, a distinguished figure in the poetry world and the second African-American poet ever to win the Pulitzer Prize, brings all of her dynamism and well-honed acumen to bear on this project. Dove used a simple yet exacting method to make her selections: "The final criterion," she writes in her introduction, "was Emily Dickinson's famed description -- if I felt that the top of my head had been taken off, the poem was in." The result is a marvelous collection of consistently high-quality poems diverse in form, tone, style, stance, and subject matter. With comments from the poets themselves illuminating their poems and a foreword by series editor David Lehman, The Best American Poetry 2000 is this year's must-have book for all poetry lovers.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780743200332
  • ISBN-10: 0743200330
  • Publisher: Scribner Book Company
  • Publish Date: September 2000
  • Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.62 pounds
  • Page Count: 288

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