Description: In this book, David Lehman, the longtime series editor of the Best American Poetry, offers a masterclass in writing in form and collaborative composition. An inspired compilation of his weekly column on the American Scholar website, Next Line, Please makes the case for poetry open to all. Next Line, Please gathers in one place the popular...
Brief description: David Lehman has served as quizmaster of "Next Line, Please" since The American Scholar launched the feature in May 2014. His books include Poems in the Manner of... and Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World. Lehman is the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry and series editor of The Best American Poetry. He teaches in the graduate writing program of the New School in New York City.
Review Quotes:
"What an informative, readable, democratic book! With unassuming brilliance, it both says and demonstrates so much of what is both pleasurable and useful about poetry, and also that poetry belongs to everyone. I can think of no book better to hand to poetry lovers and skeptics alike."
--Matthew Zapruder, author of Why Poetry and Sun Bear