The Best American Poetry 1992 [SEP] editor
The Best American Poetry 1992
The Best American Poetry 1992, a volume in "The Best American Poetry series", was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Charles Simic.
In the Forward, Lehman writes, "No critic will ever have the effect on our poets than certain of their grade school teachers had — the ones often credited by the poets themselves for their lifelong devotion to the art."
Lehman's forward also mentioned various public comments about the nation's lack of interest in poetry and questions
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- Kevin Prufer (1992) – poet, essayist, editor; "winner of four" Pushcart Prizes, Best American Poetry 2003, 2010
- Delphine Red Shirt (MALS) – Oglala Lakota writer, adjunct professor at Yale University and Connecticut College
- Spencer Reece – writer and poet, 2009 Pushcart Prize, 2005 Whiting Writers' Award for poetry
- Jean Rikhoff – writer and editor
- Mary Roach – "New York Times" Best Selling author;