http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/the-best-american-poetry-2007/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/the-best-american-poetry-2007/#comment-1171 Scott Hightower Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:12:47 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=427#comment-1171 I never buy it.l I am waiting for the issue edited by Rigoberto Gonzalez. I never buy it.l I am waiting for the issue edited by Rigoberto Gonzalez.
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/the-best-american-poetry-2007/#comment-1170 behrle Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:31:37 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=427#comment-1170 Bok, you scamp!! Are you the first Canadian to be featured in the BAP? With a poem written like 10 years ago? Cheers! Frescas for everyone... xojimmy Bok, you scamp!! Are you the first Canadian to be featured in the BAP? With a poem written like 10 years ago? Cheers! Frescas for everyone…
xojimmy
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/the-best-american-poetry-2007/#comment-1169 Rigoberto Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:33:57 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=427#comment-1169 Uhm...you crazy kids, all of you. (And I admire your self-effacing sense of humor, Christian Bok--if that is indeed your real name...;-) ) I still think it's worth the effort to look at these books and to use them as springboards toward important conversations regarding trends, tastes, and the construction of a populist canon. I've met non-poetry readers who actually pick this series up as a means to an introduction to "American poetry." I usually respond by saying it is and it's not a good start, but at least it's a start. And let us not forget something about the process by which the special guest editor is guided by the vetted selections of the series editor David Lehman (and/or whoever is helping him narrow down the shortlist). Anyway, there's something for everyone, usually, and like it or not the series is here to stay and to say something about the contemporary poetry scene. Uhm…you crazy kids, all of you. (And I admire your self-effacing sense of humor, Christian Bok–if that is indeed your real name…;-) ) I still think it’s worth the effort to look at these books and to use them as springboards toward important conversations regarding trends, tastes, and the construction of a populist canon. I’ve met non-poetry readers who actually pick this series up as a means to an introduction to “American poetry.” I usually respond by saying it is and it’s not a good start, but at least it’s a start. And let us not forget something about the process by which the special guest editor is guided by the vetted selections of the series editor David Lehman (and/or whoever is helping him narrow down the shortlist). Anyway, there’s something for everyone, usually, and like it or not the series is here to stay and to say something about the contemporary poetry scene.
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/the-best-american-poetry-2007/#comment-1168 Christian Bök Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:00:50 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=427#comment-1168 My work "Vowels" appears in this anthology.... If you would like to enjoy some scathing assaults upon the poems in this anthology (my own poem included), you should feel free to consult the cartoon animals at the blog of Jim Behrle: <a href="http://greatestlivingpoet.blogspot.com/2007/09/best-american-poetry-2007-cartoon.html" rel="nofollow">http://greatestlivingpoet.blogspot.com/2007/09/best-american-poetry-2007-cartoon.html</a> Happy <i>schadenfreude</i>! My work “Vowels” appears in this anthology….
If you would like to enjoy some scathing assaults upon the poems in this anthology (my own poem included), you should feel free to consult the cartoon animals at the blog of Jim Behrle:
http://greatestlivingpoet.blogspot.com/2007/09/best-american-poetry-2007-cartoon.html
Happy schadenfreude!
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/the-best-american-poetry-2007/#comment-1167 Vivek Narayanan Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:25:17 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=427#comment-1167 Wasn't it John Ashbery, who said that this collection should be called "Some Ok Poems of the Year"? Wasn’t it John Ashbery, who said that this collection should be called “Some Ok Poems of the Year”?
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/the-best-american-poetry-2007/#comment-1166 Ange Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:49:47 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=427#comment-1166 Rigoberto, I confess: I've never bought a copy of this series, and stopped even looking at the TOC's a few years back. Basically, any such anthology is going to be pitched to the lowest common denominator, no matter what "school" the editor hails from. Rigoberto, I confess: I’ve never bought a copy of this series, and stopped even looking at the TOC’s a few years back. Basically, any such anthology is going to be pitched to the lowest common denominator, no matter what “school” the editor hails from.
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/the-best-american-poetry-2007/#comment-1165 Steve Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:24:26 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=427#comment-1165 I think the series may be nearly as good as it can be given the structural difficulties involved in creating and marketing such a volume year after year, though of course I prefer some years' and some editors' hauls to others. I <a href="http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/compludoc/W/9808/0307661X_2.htm" rel="nofollow">reviewed</a> the Bloom Best-of-Best when it came out-- I too lament his blanket dismissal of Rich's selections, though not to the extent of throwing the book out the window. And, believe it or not, I haven't yet seen this year's. Moving will do that. I think the series may be nearly as good as it can be given the structural difficulties involved in creating and marketing such a volume year after year, though of course I prefer some years’ and some editors’ hauls to others. I reviewed the Bloom Best-of-Best when it came out– I too lament his blanket dismissal of Rich’s selections, though not to the extent of throwing the book out the window. And, believe it or not, I haven’t yet seen this year’s. Moving will do that.
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