The American Poetry Anthology

This book aims to gather a selection that represents the diversity and richness of American poetry written by poets who share a sophistication that promises to evolve, with continued effort and risk, a new and powerful poetic idiom.

Introduction -- Ai -- Jon Anderson -- Marvin Bell -- Michael Benedikt -- Frank Bidart -- Michael Dennis Browne -- Lucille Clifton -- Conyus -- Peter Cooley -- Philip Dacey -- Rita Dove -- Philip Dow -- Norman Dubie -- Stephen Dunn -- Russell Edson -- Susan Feldman -- Carolyn Forché -- Kathleen Fraser -- Tess Gallagher -- Gary Gildner -- Louise Glück -- Linda Gregg -- Marilyn Hacker -- Daniel Halpern -- Michael S. Harper -- Jim Harrison -- Robert Hass -- William Heyen -- Lawson Fusao Inada -- Thomas James -- Laura Jensen -- Erica Jong -- Peter Klappert -- Judith Kroll -- Greg Kuzma -- Al Lee -- Fred Levinson -- Larry Levis -- Elizabeth Libbey -- Thomas Lux -- William Matthews -- Angela McCabe -- David McElroy -- Heather McHugh -- James McMichael -- Sandra McPherson -- Robert Mezey -- Paul Monette -- Carol Muske -- Jack Myers -- Gregory Orr -- Greg Pape -- John Peck -- Stanley Plumly -- Lawrence Raab -- James Reiss -- Kenneth Rosen -- Michael Ryan -- Ira Sadoff -- Dennis Schmitz -- Hugh Seidman -- Charles Simic -- Roberta Spear -- Kathleen Spivack -- Maura Stanton -- David St. John -- Terry Stokes -- Brian Swann -- James Tate -- Diane Wakoski -- Alice Walker -- Roger Weingarten -- James Welch -- Peter Wild -- Charles Wright -- David Young -- Notes on the Poets

Halpern, Daniel