Reviews
It takes special chutzpah and perspective to pick the poems that deserve to make the best cut twice-and Pinsky's fine collection proves that he's got the chops to do it…His selection is so rich and diverse one can't help but find several poems that will brighten any winter day… The Best of the Best American Poetry is a collection that never stops bringing light., eoeA concentrated, high-caliber, and exhilarating overview of the intensity and artistry that have made American poetry so splendidly varied and vitaleThis is an anthology of broad scope, serious pleasure, and invaluable illumination.e, This indispensable volume, with its rich mix of voices, forms and techniques, serves as a melting pot of contemporary American verse., eoeThis indispensable volume, with its rich mix of voices, forms and techniques, serves as a melting pot of contemporary American verse.e, eoeThe strength of [ The Best of the Best American Poetry ] is its sense of subjectivity, the way these poems illustrate their editore(tm)s aesthetic, and in so doing, tell us something of how poetry operates in the worldeThese are poems that take the personal and make it universal, not by grand statements but by specific observation, building a common vision out of the very things that hold us apart.e, A concentrated, high-caliber, and exhilarating overview of the intensity and artistry that have made American poetry so splendidly varied and vital…This is an anthology of broad scope, serious pleasure, and invaluable illumination., The strength of [ The Best of the Best American Poetry ] is its sense of subjectivity, the way these poems illustrate their editor's aesthetic, and in so doing, tell us something of how poetry operates in the world…These are poems that take the personal and make it universal, not by grand statements but by specific observation, building a common vision out of the very things that hold us apart., eoe The Best of the Best American Poetry collects 100 splendid works by American poets from a quarter-century of the Best American Poetry series.e, A concentrated, high-caliber, and exhilarating overview of the intensity and artistry that have made American poetry so splendidly varied and vital...This is an anthology of broad scope, serious pleasure, and invaluable illumination., eoeIt takes special chutzpah and perspective to pick the poems that deserve to make the best cut twicee"and Pinskye(tm)s fine collection proves that hee(tm)s got the chops to do iteHis selection is so rich and diverse one cane(tm)t help but find several poems that will brighten any winter daye The Best of the Best American Poetry is a collection that never stops bringing light.e, [A] survey of the past quarter-century of American verse…No doubt, some readers will discover new favorites here., It takes special chutzpah and perspective to pick the poems that deserve to make the best cut twice-and Pinsky's fine collection proves that he's got the chops to do it...His selection is so rich and diverse one can't help but find several poems that will brighten any winter day... The Best of the Best American Poetry is a collection that never stops bringing light., [A] survey of the past quarter-century of American verse...No doubt, some readers will discover new favorites here., It takes special chutzpah and perspective to pick the poems that deserve to make the best cut twice--and Pinsky's fine collection proves that he's got the chops to do it...His selection is so rich and diverse one can't help but find several poems that will brighten any winter day... The Best of the Best American Poetry is a collection that never stops bringing light., eoe[A] survey of the past quarter-century of American verseeNo doubt, some readers will discover new favorites here.e, The Best of the Best American Poetry collects 100 splendid works by American poets from a quarter-century of the Best American Poetry series., The strength of [ The Best of the Best American Poetry ] is its sense of subjectivity, the way these poems illustrate their editor's aesthetic, and in so doing, tell us something of how poetry operates in the world...These are poems that take the personal and make it universal, not by grand statements but by specific observation, building a common vision out of the very things that hold us apart.
