The Body Electric: America's Best Poetry from The American Poetry Review

"The very existence of this book is news, and its contents are exquisite literature."—Philadelphia Inquirer A breathtaking, incomparable overview of American poetry at the turn of the millennium, from experimental language poetry to traditional formal verse, with all the vital, monumental stops between, The Body Electric captures the spirit of contemporary American poetry. Among the 180 poets included in this collection are Ai, John Ashbery, John Berryman, Charles Bukowski, Lucille Clifton,...