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David Lehman 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 lives in New York City.

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The Best American Poetry 2012 will be released on September 18, 2012 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
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Oct 22, 2011
The Best American Poetry 2011 will be released on September 20, 2011 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
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The Best American Poetry 2011 is now available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
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Preface from The Best American Poetry 2011
Aug 27, 2011
The Best American Poetry 2010 will be released on September 14, 2010 in Trade Paperback, eBook
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The Best American Poetry 2010 is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
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The Best American Poetry 2010 will be released on September 14, 2010 in Hardcover
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The Best American Poetry 2010 is now available in Hardcover
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Foreword from The Best American Poetry 2010
Aug 28, 2010
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Authors on the Web

PJStar.com, February 3, 2012
... “A Fine Romance” is visiting 55 sites throughout the U.S. in 2011-2012. It was curated by David Lehman and developed by Nextbook, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Jewish literature, culture, and ideas, and the American Library...
Jewish Herald-Voice, January 19, 2012
...American Songs, 1910-1965,” will be on display at the ERJCC through Feb. 24. Curated by essayist and poet David Lehman, and illustrated with colorful posters from Broadway shows and photographs of composers, singers, and the casts of hit musicals and...
Jewish Herald-Voice, January 13, 2012
...family. A Fine Romance is visiting 55 sites throughout the U.S. in 2011-2012. It was curated by David Lehman and developed by Nextbook, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Jewish literature, culture, and ideas, and the American Library...
NPR, January 2, 2012
...There's nothing pedantic or flowery about poet and critic David Lehman's three favorite poems of the year. In simple, unadorned language, they address the mysterious and spiritual dimensions of human life. » E-Mail This      » Add to Del...
Huffington Post, January 1, 2012
...verse, 54 poets collaborating on a single poem: Mark Doty, Grace Shulman, Rita Dove, Robert Pinsky, Billy Collins, David Lehman, Adrienne Rich, Jorie Graham, Anne Waldman, Charles Bernstein, to name a few. That it works is itself a miracle. And in this...
Huffington Post, January 1, 2012
...verse, 54 poets collaborating on a single poem: Mark Doty, Grace Shulman, Rita Dove, Robert Pinsky, Billy Collins, David Lehman, Adrienne Rich, Jorie Graham, Anne Waldman, Charles Bernstein, to name a few. That it works is itself a miracle. And in this...
Guelph Mercury, December 26, 2011
...right orbit. “I know I’m going to be nervous. I’m definitely a worrywart,” said project manager David Lehman of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the $496-million, three-month mission. Once in orbit, the spacecraft will spend the...
The Best American Poetry, October 11, 2011
..."What makes a poem great? What standards do we use for judging poetic excellence? To an extent, these are variants on an even more basic question. What is poetry? Poetry is, after all, not a neutral or merely descriptive term but one that implies value....
The Best American Poetry, September 28, 2011
...H. Lawrence. For more about James Fenton's poetry go here, and for prose go here.   Read David Lehman's brief appreciation of James Fenton here.  -- sdh...
The Best American Poetry, July 22, 2011
...I’m thankful to Stacey Harwood and Jill Alexander Essbaum for making a place for me here, to David Lehman for making a place for us all, and for any of you who’ve read any of these posts, for letting me be a guest in your reading room...
The Best American Poetry, July 19, 2011
...my year as writer and thinker. • One of those books will be Best American Poetry 2011, because David Lehman and Kevin Young will be discussing the book at the Atlanta Journal Constitution Decatur Book Festival , where I’ll be hanging out . Maybe by...
The Best American Poetry, July 3, 2011
...twenty-four books; we're reading three books per week and will each post about our progress here. On David Lehman's recommendation we're reading the Robert Fitzgerald translation, which is widely available either new or used .  Why don't you join us?...
The Best American Poetry, June 13, 2011
...Jerome Sala, Elaine Equi, Michael Cirelli, Stacey Harwood, George Green, Carly Sachs, Matthew Yeager, Amy Holman, and host David Lehman.)  How did this award winning sports writer and journalist become a poetry impresario and what does he bring to the...
The Best American Poetry, May 23, 2011
...David Lehman (left) and Terence Winch Book sales were brisk at the Hanging Loose spring book launch party last week.  No surprise if you consider that the press was celebrating the...