Award-winning poet Elaine Equi selects the poems for the 2023 edition of
The Best American Poetry
,
“a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title” (
Chicago Tribune).
Since its debut in 1988,
series has been “one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world” (Academy of American Poets). Each volume presents some of the year’s most striking and innovative poems, with comments from the poets themselves offering insight into their work.
For
The Best American Poetry 2023
guest editor Elaine Equi, whose own work is “deft, delicate [and] subversive” (August Kleinzahler), has made astute choices representing contemporary poetry at its most dynamic. The result is an exceptionally coherent vision of American poetry today.
Including valuable introductory essays contributed by the series and guest editors, the 2023 volume is sure to capture the attention of both
Best American Poetry
loyalists and newcomers to the series.