A major new anthology of recent American poetry, featuring generous selections of the work of 25 extraordinary poets born since World War II, with thoughtful introductions and annotations.
Truly good anthologies are rare, mostly because they require hard work and good taste, in harmony, and that's rarer than it sounds. A lot of them are sloppy, biased, short-sighted -- we all have had the experience of initial excitement and subsequent growing disappointment.
