The New Anthology of American Poetry
- Demonstrates how a succession of canons of American poetry has evolved.
- Gives more attention to women poets and to artists from African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American cultures than in a any previous anthology.
- Offers concise introductions to periods and styles, highly informative endnotes to poems, brief bibliographies of key primary and secondary texts, and critical selections on the art of poetry by the poets themselves.
