“[A]reminderthatcontemporarypoetryisnotonlyaliveandwellbutcontinuingtogrow.“--PublishersWeekly“Thiscollectionstandsoutamongthecrowdclaimingtorepresentemergentpoets.Muchoftheeditingandpreliminaryreadingwasdonebyemergingpoetsthemselves,whichresultsinananthologythat’sfreshandeclectic,andmayactuallyrepresentasignificantportionofthebestnewpoetrybeingwrittenbythenextgeneration.“--VirginiaQuarterlyReviewEnteringitsfourteenthyear,BestNewPoetshasestablisheditselfasacrucialvenueforrisingpoetsandavaluableresourceforpoetrylovers.Theonlypublicationofitskind,thisannualanthologyismadeupexclusivelyofworkbywriterswhohavenotyetpublishedafull-lengthbook.Thepoemsincludedinthiseclecticsamplingrepresentthebestfromthemanythathavebeennominatedbythecountry’stopliterarymagazinesandwritingprograms,aswellassometwothousandadditionalpoemssubmittedthroughanopenonlinecompetition.Theworkofthefiftywritersrepresentedhereprovidesthebestperspectiveavailableonthecontinuingvitalityofpoetryasitisbeingpracticedtoday.
