Poets of the New Century

by Roger Weingarten (Editor), Richard Higgerson (Editor)

Unified by the vision of the editors, and unashamedly provocative, this is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in trends of American poetry. Featured Ralph Angel · Linda Bierds · Marcus Cafagña · Mark Cox · Craig Christ-Evans · Toi Derricotte · Mark Doty · Lynn Emmanuel · Albert Goldbarth · Beckian Fritz Goldberg · Joy Harjo · Jeffrey Harrison · Brenda Hillman · Edward Hirsch · David Huddle Mark Jarman · Brigit Kelly · Timothy Liu · Lynne McMahon · Naomi Shihab Nye · Robert Pinsky · Alberto Rios · Ira Sadoff · Maura Stanton · Richard Tillinghast · Chase Twichell · Martha Modena Vertreace · David Wojahn

Genres: Poetry

444 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2001

Reviews

[Todd]

I discovered several poets I hadn't been aware of, and that was great. E. g., Linda Bierds. But the formatting made the book feel like a slush pile, and the majority of the poems did not grab me.

[Godine Publisher & Black Sparrow Press · Rating 5 out of 5]

We're not sure this is the first comprehensive collection of the best and most exciting poetry to appear in this new century, but we're fairly certain it is the most extensive and ambitious. Emphasizing young and mid-career poets, with the usual smattering of acknowledged veterans, this impressive collection of almost 500 pages contains both new and previously published work of what can honestly be termed "the best and the brightest" of a new generation of poets. In addition to a minimum of three poems by each writer, the book also includes brief biographical sketches as well as bibliographical information and sources.

Innovative, unified by the vision of the editors, and unashamedly provocative, this is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the current and future trends of American verse.

[DilanAc · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't much like poetry anthologies. I prefer to immerse myself in a book by a single poet and allow the poems to talk to each other as a full collection instead of just discrete units. However, as far as anthologies go this is a good one and it has inspired me to investigate more fully many of the poets whose work it contains.

[Greg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best collection of poetry I've ever read.

[Leah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good, comprehensive collection. I think I probably liked roughly half the poems, and really liked 20 percent of so. For such a wide selection of poems, I think that's decent.