{"product_id":"the-best-american-poetry-2018","title":"Best American Poetry 2018 - Paperback","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCelebrating thirty years, the 2018 edition of the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e—“a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title” (\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e)—collects the most significant poems of the year, chosen by Poet Laureate of California Dana Gioia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a review of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBest American Poetry 2017\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWashington Post\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esaid, “The poems, ordered alphabetically by author, have a wonderful cohesion and flow, as if each contributes to a larger narrative about life today.” The guest editor for 2018, Dana Gioia, has an unconventional poetic background. Gioia has published five volumes of poetry, served as the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and currently sits as the Poet Laureate of California, but he is also a graduate of Stanford Business School and was once a Vice President at General Foods. He has studied opera and is a published librettist, in addition to his prolific work in critical essay writing and editing literary anthologies. Having lived several lives, Gioia brings an insightful, varied, eclectic eye to this year’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith his classic essay “Can Poetry Matter?”, originally run in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAtlantic\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein 1991, Gioia considered whether there is a place for poetry to be a part of modern American mainstream culture. Decades later, the debate continues, but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBest American Poetry 2018\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e stands as evidence that poetry is very much present, relevant, and finding new readers.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32146488983618,"sku":"","price":499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/43_ade8f5cf-22b2-491e-886f-7f2c875c5e43.jpg?v=1637388930","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/the-best-american-poetry-2018","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}