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David Lehman, who founded The Best American Poetry series in 1988, is the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry and the author of seven books of poetry, including When a Woman Loves a Man. He teaches in the graduate writing program at the New School and lives in New York City and in Ithaca, New York.

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The Best American Poetry 2013 will be released on September 10, 2013 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
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Washington Post, April 16, 2013
...In 1988, poet David Lehman began an annual series of anthologies called The Best American Poetry, inviting distinguished poets to edit each years selection. For this, the 25th anniversary of the project, he asked...
Seattle Times, April 14, 2013
...of NEXT Related Most Popular Comments ‘The Best of the Best American Poetry: 25th Anniversary Edition’ edited by David Lehman and Robert Pinsky Scribner, 322 pp., $18 Robert Pinsky, U.S. poet laureate from 1997 to 2000 and the editor of...
Denver Post, April 7, 2013
...The Best of the Best American Poetry, edited by David Lehman and Robert Pinsky. It's the 25th anniversary for this annual collection, and this year's compendium is a keeper. Poets include Billy Collins, Susan Dickman, Adrienne Rich, Fanny...
STLtoday.com, February 16, 2013
...the passing of a mere two decades. And a sentence in the introduction caught my eye. Series editor David Lehman previewed two sets of haiku, writing that “one is oriented in the traditional direction while the other features pop icons from the...
STLtoday.com, February 9, 2013
...the passing of a mere two decades. And a sentence in the introduction caught my eye. Series editor David Lehman previewed two sets of haiku, writing that “one is oriented in the traditional direction while the other features pop icons from the...
East Hampton Star, January 24, 2013
...writing in so many styles nowadays that Mr. Doty’s task — and that of the series editor, David Lehman — seems highly fraught. In the past, “The Best American Poetry” series has been much maligned and contested for privileging certain kinds of...
Argentina Star, December 21, 2012
...we came to the moon in the first place. So long, Ebb and Flow, and we thank you. David Lehman The GRAIL project manager of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was speaking after the two space probes were crashed into a mountain on the moon. Please...
Westborough Patch, March 15, 2013
...Ashley Butler, Hannah Cayem, Michelle Cheng, Brenna Collins, Brandon Damiano, Shreedhar Deshpande, Anwesha Gangopadhyay, Anuraag Gopaluni, Kevin Lai, David Lehman, Jennifer Litchfield, Scott McCullough, Brandon Mignini, Mitin Nachu, Katherine...
Individual.com, February 26, 2013
...an increasing number of individuals who come in through the emergency room who are exhibiting very violent behavior," David Lehman, lobbyist for Kootenai Medical, told the House Judiciary Committee on Monday. Many are seeking prescription drugs, he said....
Individual.com, February 25, 2013
...an increasing number of individuals who come in through the emergency room who are exhibiting very violent behavior," David Lehman, lobbyist for the Coeur d'Alene hospital, told the House Judiciary Committee on Monday. Many are seeking prescription...
Spokesman-Review.com, February 25, 2013
...an increasing number of individuals who come in through the emergency room who are exhibiting very violent behavior,” David Lehman, lobbyist for KMC, told the House Judiciary Committee on Monday. Many are seeking prescription drugs/ Betsy Russell ,...
STLtoday.com, February 16, 2013
...the passing of a mere two decades. And a sentence in the introduction caught my eye. Series editor David Lehman previewed two sets of haiku, writing that “one is oriented in the traditional direction while the other features pop icons from the...
Azartac, January 18, 2013
...their operational lives, but one thing is for sure, they are going down swinging,' said Grail project manager David Lehman of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. 'Even during the last half of their last orbit, we are going to do an...
Mail Online UK, January 11, 2013
...their operational lives, but one thing is for sure, they are going down swinging,' said Grail project manager David Lehman of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. 'Even during the last half of their last orbit, we are going to do an...