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Sep 04, 2025
Longtime series editor of The Best American Poetry David Lehman joins a selection of poets from this year’s anthology for a reading and conversation about Lehman’s tenure at the helm of the legendary series — and the enduring power of poetry.
For 38 years, The Best American Poetry series has won widespread acclaim as the nation’s most influential and vital poetry anthology, capturing the ever-transforming zeitgeist of American poetry in all its forms, guest-edited year after year by some of the finest poets of our time — John Ashbery, Adrienne Rich, Robert Creeley, Rita Dove, Billy Collins, Tracy K. Smith, and many others. This year’s anthology, guest edited by Terence Winch, not only showcases the finest contemporary American poetry but also honors Lehman’s achievement as the anthology’s founding editor. “The list of editors is a who’s who of US poetry elites,” writes A. E. Stallings. “And behind it all, the poet David Lehman, the series editor, has labored quietly and diligently ensuring its continuity and continued relevance.”
Don’t miss this jubilant affirmation of the power of modern American poetry — a conversation in celebration of nearly four decades of Lehman’s tireless work, how poetry continues to ceaselessly remake and reinvent itself, readings from the new anthology, and more.
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