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The Best American Poetry 1999

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Sonny's Hands" 14: 1328:Web page for contents of the book 845:"The Characters of Dirty Jokes" 24:The Best American Poetry series 170:"Narrow Road, Presidents' Day" 57:Where poem previously appeared 1: 1239:"This Pleasing Anxious Being" 18:The Best American Poetry 1999 1575:American poetry anthologies 1565:Best American Poetry series 1294:The Journal of Family Life 1591: 1222:"Thoreau and the Crickets" 336:"A Buddha in the Woodpile" 1399: 1158:"The Drunkard's Daughter" 647:"The Erotic Philosophers" 562:"Last Will and Testament" 1391:The Best American Poetry 1290:"The Thread of Sunlight" 1179:Paterson Literary Review 1073:"Barber College Haircut" 39:Poets and poems included 1190:"Deer Crossing the Sea" 1029:Painted Bride Quarterly 979:New Millennium Writings 730:"The Shipfitter's Wife" 530:"The Story of Progress" 449:"What Would Freud Say?" 1195:Green Mountains Review 428:Jennifer Michael Hecht 175:American Poetry Review 1355:, No. 16, Summer 2000 1129:The Gettysburg Review 1007:"That Will to Divest" 960:"Writing from Memory" 747:"The Sleepless Grape" 404:Many Mountains Moving 332:Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1211:Tor House Newsletter 1058:"Longing and Wonder" 975:"Hemingway's Garden" 782:The Atlantic Monthly 701:Black Warrior Review 613:"A Curse on a Thief" 547:"The Circle Theatre" 351:"My Father's Fields" 158:The Atlantic Monthly 31:and by guest editor 1273:"American Twilight" 901:The Southern Review 884:The Southern Review 850:Mid-American Review 400:"The Last Election" 389:The Bitter Oleander 292:Crab Orchard Review 192:The Southern Review 1090:"A Shearling Coat" 558:Josephine Jacobsen 437:The Antioch Review 309:New England Review 136:"Foreign-Domestic" 124:The Sewanee Review 1570:1999 poetry books 1552: 1551: 1299: 1298: 1146:Cream City Review 1095:The Hudson Review 943:"Say You Love Me" 579:"Two Prose Poems" 453:Cream City Review 1582: 1383: 1376: 1369: 1360: 1186:Larissa Szporluk 1137:William Stafford 1120:Marcia Southwick 824:William Matthews 675:Yusef Komunyakaa 498:"Beach Whispers" 132:Elizabeth Bishop 43: 42: 27:, was edited by 1590: 1589: 1585: 1584: 1583: 1581: 1580: 1579: 1555: 1554: 1553: 1548: 1395: 1387: 1337: 1324: 1318: 1316: 1304: 1278:Partisan Review 1207:"The Minefield" 1103:Thomas R. 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Kennedy 607: 606: 603: 602: 598: 596:"The Patient" 595: 593: 590: 589: 586: 585: 581: 578: 576: 575:Louis Jenkins 573: 572: 569: 568: 564: 561: 559: 556: 555: 552: 549: 546: 544: 541: 540: 537: 536: 532: 529: 527: 526:David Ignatow 524: 523: 520: 519:Literal Latte 517: 514: 512: 509: 508: 505: 504: 500: 497: 495: 492: 491: 488: 487: 483: 480: 478: 477:Tony Hoagland 475: 474: 471: 470: 466: 463: 461: 458: 457: 454: 451: 448: 446: 443: 442: 439: 438: 434: 431: 429: 426: 425: 422: 421: 417: 414: 412: 409: 408: 405: 402: 399: 397: 394: 393: 390: 387: 384: 382: 379: 378: 375: 374: 370: 367: 365: 362: 361: 358: 357: 353: 350: 348: 345: 344: 341: 338: 335: 333: 330: 329: 326: 323: 320: 318: 317:Russell Edson 315: 314: 311: 310: 306: 303: 301: 300:Chard deNiord 298: 297: 294: 293: 289: 286: 284: 281: 280: 277: 276: 272: 269: 267: 264: 263: 260: 257: 254: 252: 249: 248: 245: 244: 240: 237: 235: 234:Billy Collins 232: 231: 228: 227: 223: 220: 218: 215: 214: 211: 210: 209:Seneca Review 206: 203: 201: 198: 197: 194: 193: 189: 186: 184: 181: 180: 177: 176: 172: 169: 167: 164: 163: 160: 159: 155: 152: 150: 147: 146: 143: 142: 138: 135: 133: 130: 129: 126: 125: 121: 118: 116: 113: 112: 109: 108: 104: 101: 99: 98:Coleman Barks 96: 95: 92: 91: 87: 84: 82: 79: 78: 75: 74: 70: 67: 65: 62: 61: 58: 55: 53: 50: 48: 45: 44: 38: 36: 34: 30: 26: 25: 20: 19: 1463: 1390: 1352: 1343: 1317: 1293: 1276: 1259: 1256:"Archetypes" 1242: 1227:Ploughshares 1225: 1210: 1193: 1178: 1161: 1154:Peggy Steele 1144: 1127: 1110: 1093: 1076: 1062:Common Sense 1061: 1054:Myra Shapiro 1044: 1027: 1010: 993: 978: 963: 956:Alberto Ríos 946: 931: 916: 899: 882: 865: 848: 831: 828:"Misgivings" 814: 799:Ploughshares 797: 780: 777:"The Return" 765: 762:"First Love" 750: 743:Li-Young Lee 733: 716: 699: 682: 667: 650: 633: 616: 599: 582: 565: 551:Alkali Flats 550: 543:Gray Jacobik 533: 518: 515:"Man Script" 501: 486:Ploughshares 484: 467: 452: 435: 418: 403: 388: 385:"Breastbone" 381:Ray Gonzalez 371: 364:Louise Glück 354: 339: 324: 307: 290: 273: 258: 241: 224: 207: 190: 173: 166:Philip Booth 156: 141:Conjunctions 139: 122: 105: 88: 81:John Balaban 71: 56: 51: 46: 29:David Lehman 22: 17: 16: 15: 1203:Diane Thiel 909:Mary Oliver 892:Sharon Olds 875:Joan Murray 794:"A Charade" 790:David Mamet 751:Water Stone 679:"Scapegoat" 660:Ron Koertge 464:"The Envoy" 432:"September" 411:Donald Hall 396:John Haines 368:"Vita Nova" 304:"Pasternak" 266:Lydia Davis 153:"Tired Sex" 149:Chana Bloch 1559:Categories 1353:Thumbscrew 1175:"A Moment" 1171:Ruth Stone 1046:Salmagundi 917:Shenandoah 811:"The Swim" 807:Gigi Marks 735:DoubleTake 718:DoubleTake 511:Amy Holman 481:"Lawrence" 347:Dan Gerber 270:"Betrayal" 226:River City 183:John Brehm 64:Dick Allen 33:Robert Bly 1454:1988–1997 1163:Blue Sofa 971:David Ray 928:"And Now" 592:Mary Karr 469:Blue Sofa 445:Bob Hicok 287:"Taproot" 1302:See also 1003:Kay Ryan 964:Meridian 862:"A Ball" 766:Kalliope 238:"Dharma" 1335:Reviews 913:"Flare" 584:Rosebud 415:"Smile" 275:Hambone 255:"Mitch" 119:"Catch" 107:Figdust 85:"Story" 1393:series 833:Poetry 816:Poetry 664:"1989" 601:Poetry 356:Poetry 340:Blasts 243:Poetry 1314:Notes 948:Fence 932:Acorn 535:Verse 90:Verse 1544:2015 1539:2014 1534:2013 1529:2012 1524:2011 1519:2010 1514:2009 1509:2008 1504:2007 1499:2006 1494:2005 1489:2004 1484:2003 1479:2002 1474:2001 1469:2000 1464:1999 1459:1998 1449:1997 1444:1996 1439:1995 1434:1994 1429:1993 1424:1992 1419:1991 1414:1990 1409:1989 1404:1988 1112:AGNI 1078:AGNI 668:Solo 259:Solo 52:Poem 47:Poet 1561:: 35:. 1382:e 1375:t 1368:v

Index

The Best American Poetry series
David Lehman
Robert Bly
Dick Allen
The Café Review
John Balaban
Verse
Coleman Barks
Figdust
George Bilgere
The Sewanee Review
Elizabeth Bishop
Conjunctions
Chana Bloch
The Atlantic Monthly
Philip Booth
American Poetry Review
John Brehm
The Southern Review
Hayden Carruth
Seneca Review
Lucille Clifton
River City
Billy Collins
Poetry
Robert Creeley
Lydia Davis
Hambone
Debra Kang Dean
Crab Orchard Review

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