''The Best American Poetry 1994'', a volume in ''
The Best American Poetry series
''The Best American Poetry'' series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems.
Background
The series, begun by poet and editor David Lehman in 1988, has a different guest editor every year. Lehman, still the general ...
'', was edited by
David Lehman
David Lehman (born June 11, 1948[David Lehman]
at poets.org) is an American poet, non-fiction writer, and li ...
and by guest editor
A. R. Ammons
Archibald Randolph Ammons (February 18, 1926 – February 25, 2001) was an American poet who won the annual National Book Award for Poetry in 1973 and 1993.
Poetic themes
Ammons wrote about humanity's relationship to nature in alternately comi ...
.
Poets and poems included
See also
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1994 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
* May 23 — C. P. Cavafy's poem "Ithaka" is read at the funeral of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by her longtime ...
Notes
External links
Web page for contents of the book with links to each publication where the poems originally appeared
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