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The academy of american poets is the largest membershipbased nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting american poets. Dazzling in its range, exhilarating in its immediacy and grace, this collection gathers together, from every region of the country and from the past forty years. Selected poems of emily dickinson, folio society london, england, 1991. He has edited the vintage book of contemporary world poetry and an edition of contemporary american poetry for the same. The vintage book of contemporary american poetry by j. When i saw this huge 617 page volume the vintage book of contemporary american poetry second edition by j. His work has been anthologized in the vintage book of contemporary american poetry 2003, the vintage book of african american poetry 2000, and gay and lesbian poetry in our time 1988. Mcclatchy mona van duyn, howard moss, james dickey, anthony hecht, and james schuyler.
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