Description: A star-studded anthology infuses English poetry with the rigor and wit of a foreign form.
Review Quotes:
"[A] wonderfully stimulating collection of recent ghazals by 107 poets . . . [the form produces] an 'epigrammatic terseness' that does not belie the great depth of longing or, in the hands of modern poets, nimble wit and tempered joy. The ghazal truly is an enchanting form, and each poet, including Diane Ackerman, W. S. Merwin, William Matthews, John Hollander, and Jacqueline Osherow, fills it with sharply etched feelings and images."--Booklist
"[A] wonderfully stimulating collection of recent ghazals by 107 poets . . . [the form produces] an 'epigrammatic terseness' that does not belie the great depth of longing or, in the hands of modern poets, nimble wit and tempered joy. The ghazal truly is an enchanting form, and each poet, including Diane Ackerman, W. S. Merwin, William Matthews, John Hollander, and Jacqueline Osherow, fills it with sharply etched feelings and images."--Booklist
"a gift to American poetry"--The Washington Post