Best New Poets 2009

Entering its fourth year, Best NewPoets has established itself as a crucial venue for rising poetsand a valuable resource for poetry lovers. The only publication of its kind, thisannual anthology is made up exclusively of work by writers who have not yetpublished a full-length book. The poems included in this eclectic sampling representthe best from the many that have been nominated by the country's top literarymagazines and writing programs, as well as some two thousand additional poemssubmitted through an open online competition. The work of the fifty writersrepresented here provides the best perspective available on the continuing vitalityof poetry as it's being practicedtoday.Distributed for the Samovar Press incooperation with Meridian: The Semi-Annual from the University ofVirginia