Description: Collects poems chosen by editor Kevin Young as the best of 2011, featuring 75 poets including Elizabeth Alexander, Sherman Alexie, Rae Armantrout, and John Ashbery.
Brief description: David Lehman, the series editor ofThe Best American Poetry, editedTheOxford Book of American Poetry. His books of poetry includeThe Morning Line, When a Woman Loves a Man, andThe Daily Mirror. He has written such nonfiction books as Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul de Man. He lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.