The Best of the
Best American Poetry
1988 - 1997
Featured Poets
Jonathan Aaron •
A. R. Ammons •
John Ashbery
Elizabeth Bishop •
George Bradley •
Lucie Brock-Broido •
Anne Carson
Amy Clampitt •
Douglas Crase •
Carolyn Creedon
Thomas M. Disch •
Irving Feldman •
Aaron Fogel •
Alice Fulton
Allen Ginsberg •
Louise Glück •
Jorie Graham
Allen Grossman •
Donald Hall •
Vicki Hearne •
Anthony Hecht
Edward Hirsch •
John Hollander •
Richard Howard
Donald Justice •
Brigit Pegeen Kelly •
Jane Kenyon •
Galway Kinnell
Karl Kirchwey •
Kenneth Koch •
Yusef Komunyakaa
Ann Lauterbach •
Philip Levine •
Harry Mathews •
J. D. McClatchy
James Merrill •
W. S. Merwin •
Susan Mitchell
A. F. Moritz •
Thylias Moss •
Brighde Mullins •
Molly Peacock
Bob Perelman •
Carl Phillips •
Kay Ryan
Grace Schulman •
David Shapiro •
Charles Simic •
Gary Snyder
Mark Strand •
May Swenson •
Derek Walcott
Rosanna Warren •
Susan Wheeler •
Richard Wilbur •
Charles Wright
Jay Wright
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Another interview with David Lehman in which he discusses Best of the Best and Harold Bloom.