{"product_id":"9780743200332","title":"The Best American Poetry 2000","description":"Author: David Lehman\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780743200332\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Oct 2000\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA mid an \"explosion in the interest of poetry nationwide\" \u003ci\u003e(The New York Times), The Best American Poetry 2000\u003c\/i\u003e delivers one of the finest volumes yet in this renowned series. Guest editor Rita Dove, a distinguished figure in the poetry world and the second African-American poet ever to win the Pulitzer Prize, brings all of her dynamism and well-honed acumen to bear on this project. Dove used a simple yet exacting method to make her selections: \"The final criterion,\" she writes in her introduction, \"was Emily Dickinson's famed description -- if I felt that the top of my head had been taken off, the poem was in.\" The result is a marvelous collection of consistently high-quality poems diverse in form, tone, style, stance, and subject matter. With comments from the poets themselves illuminating their poems and a foreword by series editor David Lehman, \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2000\u003c\/i\u003e is this year's must-have book for all poetry lovers.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871660462238,"sku":"HPC-9780743200332","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780743200332.jpg?v=1779618490","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780743200332","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}