New York. 1999. September 1999. Scribners. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684842807. 223 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Julie Metz. keywords: American Literature Poetry Anthology. DESCRIPTION - This year's anthology gets a fresh treatment from guest editor Bly, an award-winning poet and translator famous for his leadership role in the men's movement. Bly has chosen 75 poems from literary magazines and journals. An award-winning poet and translator selects the 75 best poems of the year from a host of contenders that range from celebrated writers to innovative newcomers. Contributors include John Ashberry, Anne Carson, Henri Cole, Louise Gluck, Phillip Levine, and Richard Wilbur. inventory #26873

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Author bio	Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926) is an American poet, author, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His most commercially successful book to date was Iron John: A Book About Men (1990), a key text of the mythopoetic men's movement, which spent 62 weeks on the The New York Times Best Seller list. He won the 1968 National Book Award for Poetry for his book The Light Around the Body. David Lehman, the series editor of The Best American Poetry, is also the editor of the Oxford Book of American Poetry. His books of poetry include Poems in the Manner Of, New and Selected Poems, Yeshiva Boys, When a Woman Loves a Man, and The Daily Mirror. His most recent nonfiction book is Sinatra's Century. He teaches at The New School and lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.

Author bio

Author bio

Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926) is an American poet, author, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His most commercially successful book to date was Iron John: A Book About Men (1990), a key text of the mythopoetic men's movement, which spent 62 weeks on the The New York Times Best Seller list. He won the 1968 National Book Award for Poetry for his book The Light Around the Body. David Lehman, the series editor of The Best American Poetry, is also the editor of the Oxford Book of American Poetry. His books of poetry include Poems in the Manner Of, New and Selected Poems, Yeshiva Boys, When a Woman Loves a Man, and The Daily Mirror. His most recent nonfiction book is Sinatra's Century. He teaches at The New School and lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.

Bly, Robert and Lehman, David (editors). The Best American Poetry 1999

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