The Best American Poetry 1991

by Mark Strand (Editor), David Lehman (Series Editor)

An anthology of contemporary poets presents works that reflect the diversity in American poetry

Genres: Poetry

326 pages, Paperback

First published September 26, 1991

About the author

Mark Strand was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, essayist, and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990. He was a professor of English at Columbia University and also taught at numerous other colleges and universities.

Strand also wrote children's books and art criticism, helped edit several poetry anthologies and translated Spanish poet Rafael Alberti.

He is survived by a son, a daughter and a sister.

Reviews

[Laira · Rating 3 out of 5]

Poetry for the most part was ok. Fun to pick up and read of a few pages at a time

[Todd Saukko · Rating 4 out of 5]

there were a couple poems in this collection that I enjoyed.

[behsforensics]

Team owns Edward Hopper's Nighthawks 1942 by Oates, Joyce Carol digitally.

[SmarterLilac · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most notable for its collection of very long poems. Very few editors have the patience to accept these anymore (I say this as a former writer of lengthy verse) and some will even force people to commit to a line limit before submitting. Editors must have been more forgiving in the 20th century generally, and in the BAP volumes particularly. (My BAP '88 features long poems, too.) And I think we all know why shorter poems reign in the year 2017 (*cough* mobile device addiction.)

[SmarterLilac · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most notable for its collection of very long poems. Very few editors have the patience to accept these anymore (I say this as a former writer of lengthy verse) and some will even force people to commit to a line limit before submitting. Editors must have been more forgiving in the 20th century generally, and in the BAP volumes particularly. (My BAP '88 features long poems, too.) And I think we all know why shorter poems reign in the year 2017 (*cough* mobile device addiction.)