The Best American Poetry 1995

The Best American Poetry 1995 once again highlights the dazzling spectrum of style and subject matter to be found in the art today. Guest editor Richard Howard's accent is on discovery and surprise, and he has gleaned the most inventive and searching writing from a wide variety of literary journals. The themes and imagery here are indisputably American, as our best poets continue to mine personal as well as communal experience for their work. Now in its eighth year, this series has established itself as a rich and vibrant source of new poetry -- celebrated in bookstores and on college campuses. Welcome, once again, the memorable voices and unique pleasures of Best American Poetry.Featuring:Margaret AtwoodSally BallCatherine BowmanStephanie BrownLewis BuzbeeCathleen CalbertRafael CampoWilliam CarpenterNicholas ChristopherJane CooperJames CumminsOlena Kalytiak DavisLynn EmanuelElaine EquiIrving FeldmanDonald FinkelAaron FogelRichard FrostAllen GinsbergPeter GizziJody GladdingElton GlaserAlbert GoldbarthBeckian Fritz GoldbergLaurence GoldsteinBarbara GuestMarilyn HackerJudith HallAnthony HechtEdward HirschJanet HolmesAndrew HudginsT.R. HummerBrigit Pegeen KellyKarl KirchweyCarolyn KizerWayne KoestenbaumJohn KoetheYusef KomunyakaaMaxine KuminLisa LewisRachel LodenRobert Hill LongJames LongenbachGail MazurJ. D. McClatchyHeather McHughSusan MusgraveCharles NorthGeoffrey O'BrienJacqueline OsherowMolly PeacockCarl PhillipsMarie PonsotBin RamkeKatrina RobertsMichael J. RosenKay RyanMary Jo SalterTony SandersStephen SandyGrace SchulmanRobyn SelmanAlan ShapiroReginald ShepherdAnglea SorbyLaurel TrivelpiecePaul VioliArthur VogelsangDavid WagonerCharles H. WebbEd WebsterDavid WojahnJay WrightStephen Yenser