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The Best American Poetry 1991

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Only one poem per poet is represented in any regular volume in the series, but some publications are represented multiple times among the 75 poems picked by the guest editor (
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In order of frequency, these are the publications most represented this year:
1171: 444: 93: 1371: 640: 538: 1580:, with links to each publication where the poems originally appeared 17: 1587: 1599: 8: 1341:Most-represented publications in this volume 1606: 1592: 1584: 264:"Infernal Regions and the Invisible Girl" 755:"Dark Songs: Slave House and Synagogue" 568:"What Word Did the Greeks Have for It?" 98:"Evidence: From a Reporter's Notebook" 7: 432:"The Ether Dome (An Entertainment)" 198:"In Memory of My Father: Australia" 908:"Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, 1942" 14: 1578:Web page for contents of the book 37:The Best American Poetry series 70:Where poem previously appeared 1: 1193:"War Movie: Last Leave, 1944" 381:"The Consolation of Boethius" 230:"A Whippoorwill in the Woods" 31:The Best American Poetry 1991 23:The Best American Poetry 1991 86:The New York Review of Books 1800:American poetry anthologies 1790:Best American Poetry series 772:"At the Classics Teacher's" 636:"A Flower for the New Year" 1816: 215:"Double Sonnet for Mickey" 1624: 1540:Western Humanities Review 862:Western Humanities Review 437:Western Humanities Review 364:"The Phase After History" 1616:The Best American Poetry 806:"Smash and Scatteration" 789:"An Essay on Friendship" 670:(White's Hotel, London)" 164:"Of Dreams and Dreaming" 52:Poets and poems included 855:"Benedick's Complaints: 1468:American Poetry Review 1325:"Reading Lao Tzu Again 1227:"Reminiscence Forward" 1062:American Poetry Review 891:"Lunchcounter Freedom" 726:American Poetry Review 668:"The Diva's First Song 137:Green Mountains Review 81:"The Voice from Paxos" 26: 1125:"The Woman as Figure" 573:The Threepenny Review 315:"The Recording Angel" 21: 1492:New American Writing 1420:The Atlantic Monthly 1296:The Atlantic Monthly 1130:New American Writing 874:"Protracted Episode" 811:New American Writing 721:"Morning in America" 488:The Atlantic Monthly 420:The Atlantic Monthly 247:"Blue Lonely Dreams" 115:"Talking with Poets" 44:and by guest editor 1308:"Lasting Influence" 896:Gargoyle (magazine) 332:"The Fractal Lanes" 1142:"The Haiku Master" 925:"Chronic Meanings" 857:Ado About Nothing" 823:"The 'Ring' Cycle" 751:Laurence Lieberman 653:"Let Evening Come" 581:Josephine Jacobsen 303:The Georgia Review 298:"Bringing It Down" 181:"Great Stone Face" 27: 1795:1991 poetry books 1777: 1776: 1549: 1548: 1338: 1337: 1176:"For Seven Women" 1147:The New Criterion 991:"The New Reforms" 904:Joyce Carol Oates 844:Provincetown Arts 768:Elizabeth Macklin 349:"Celestial Music" 120:The Hudson Review 1807: 1608: 1601: 1594: 1585: 1432:The New Republic 1355: 1354: 1327:in the New Year" 1313:The Paris Review 1189:Patricia Storace 1138:Elizabeth Spires 1104:David R. Slavitt 1028:The New Republic 962:The New Republic 879:Southwest Review 709:The Paris Review 657:Harvard Magazine 522:The New Republic 449:"The Beautician" 386:The Paris Review 369:The Paris Review 252:The Paris Review 56: 55: 40:, was edited by 1815: 1814: 1810: 1809: 1808: 1806: 1805: 1804: 1780: 1779: 1778: 1773: 1620: 1612: 1574: 1568: 1566: 1554: 1528:The Yale Review 1516:Partisan Review 1343: 1326: 1279:Partisan Review 1246:Brooklyn Review 1223:Molly Tenenbaum 1215:The Iowa Review 974:"Into the Open" 913:The Yale Review 856: 840:"Sky of Clouds" 785:J. D. McClatchy 687:"Marriage Song" 675:Partisan Review 669: 602:"Body and Soul" 551:"Second Nature" 411:Linda Gregerson 398:"The Afterlife" 337:The Yale Review 186:Partisan Review 77:Johnathon Aaron 54: 12: 11: 5: 1813: 1811: 1803: 1802: 1797: 1792: 1782: 1781: 1775: 1774: 1772: 1771: 1766: 1761: 1756: 1751: 1746: 1741: 1736: 1731: 1726: 1721: 1716: 1711: 1706: 1701: 1696: 1691: 1686: 1681: 1676: 1671: 1666: 1661: 1656: 1651: 1646: 1641: 1636: 1631: 1625: 1622: 1621: 1613: 1611: 1610: 1603: 1596: 1588: 1582: 1581: 1573: 1572:External links 1570: 1565: 1562: 1561: 1560: 1558:1991 in poetry 1553: 1550: 1547: 1546: 1543: 1535: 1534: 1531: 1523: 1522: 1519: 1511: 1510: 1507: 1499: 1498: 1495: 1487: 1486: 1483: 1475: 1474: 1471: 1463: 1462: 1459: 1451: 1450: 1447: 1439: 1438: 1435: 1427: 1426: 1423: 1415: 1414: 1411: 1403: 1402: 1399: 1391: 1390: 1387: 1379: 1378: 1375: 1367: 1366: 1363: 1360:The New Yorker 1349:, this year). 1342: 1339: 1336: 1335: 1328: 1323: 1321:Charles Wright 1317: 1316: 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Index


The Best American Poetry series
David Lehman
Mark Strand
Johnathon Aaron
The New York Review of Books
Ai
Pequod
Dick Allen
The Hudson Review
Julia Alvarez
Green Mountains Review
John Ash
John Ashbery
Grand Street
George Bradley
Partisan Review
Joseph Brodsky
The New Yorker
Gerald Burns
Amy Clampitt
Boulevard
Marc Cohen
The Paris Review
Alfred Corn
Poetry
Stephen Dobyns
Antaeus
Stephen Dunn
The Georgia Review

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