{"product_id":"the-best-american-poetry-2024-9781982186791","title":"The Best American Poetry 2024","description":"\u003cb\u003eRenowned poet Mary Jo Salter, whose command of verse forms and high intelligence is universally acknowledged, selects the poems for the 2024 edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"a 'best' anthology that really lives up to its title\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e series has been \"one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world\" (Academy of American Poets) since 1988. Each volume presents a curated selection of the year's most brilliant, striking, and innovative poems, with comments from the poets themselves offering unique insight into their work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, guest editor Mary Jo Salter, whose own poems display a sublime wit \"driven by a compulsion to confront the inexplicable\" (James Longenbach), has picked seventy-five poems that capture the dynamism of American poetry today. The series and guest editors contribute valuable introductory essays that assess the current state of American poetry, and this year's edition is certain to capture the attention of both \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e loyalists and newcomers to the most important poetry anthology of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982186791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"David Lehman, Mary Jo Salter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413681959093,"sku":"9781982186791","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ad81f2ae-8173-440a-8560-7c158b319a40.jpg?v=1720538296","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-best-american-poetry-2024-9781982186791","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}