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A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs by David Lehman
Category: Judaica | Series: Jewish Encounters
Part of the Jewish Encounter series In "A Fine Romance, "David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook--the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies--and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusiv ...Show more
Best American Poetry 2016 by David Lehman
Category: Anthologies | Series: Best American Poetry
The premier anthology of contemporary American poetry continues guest edited this year by award-winning poet Edward Hirsch, a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and the president of The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The Best American Poetry series is a vivid snapshot of what a dist ...Show more
Best American Poetry 2017 by David Lehman; Natasha Trethewey
Category: Poetry | Series: The\Best American Poetry Ser.
Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winner and nineteenth US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, The Best American Poetry 2017 brings together the most notable poems of the year in the series that offers "a vivid snapshot of what a distinguished poet finds exciting, fresh, and memorable" (Robert Pinsky). Librarian o ...Show more
Best American Poetry 2018 by David Lehman; Dana Gioia
Category: Anthologies | Series: The\Best American Poetry Ser.
Celebrating thirty years, the 2018 edition of the Best American Poetry--"a 'best' anthology that really lives up to its title" (Chicago Tribune)--collects the most significant poems of the year, chosen by Poet Laureate of California Dana Gioia. In a review of Best American Poetry 2017, The Washington Po ...Show more
Best of the Best American Poetry: 25th Anniversary Edition by David Lehman
Category: Poetry & Plays
Robert Pinsky, distinguished poet and man of letters, selects the top 100 poems from twenty-five years of "The Best American Poetry""The Best American Poetry" is the most prestigious poetry publication in the United States and has been so almost from its inception in 1988. Hotly debated, keenly monitore ...Show more
Best of the Best American Poetry: 25th Anniversary Edition by David Lehman
Category: Poetry
Robert Pinsky, distinguished poet and man of letters, selects the top 100 poems from twenty-five years of "The Best American Poetry""The Best American Poetry" is the most prestigious poetry publication in the United States and has been so almost from its inception in 1988. Hotly debated, keenly monitore ...Show more
Poems in the Manner of by David Lehman
Category: Literature
Poems in the Manner Of is an illuminating journey through centuries of writers who continue to influence new work today, including that of respected poet and series editor of The Best American Poetry David Lehman. "Very few writers can actually shape how you see the world. David Lehman is such a writer, ...Show more
Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World by David Lehman
Category: Film
In celebration of his one-hundredth birthday, a charming, irresistibly readable, and handsomely packaged look back at the life and times of the greatest entertainer in American history, Frank Sinatra. Sinatra's Century is an irresistible collection of one-hundred short reflections on the man, his music, ...Show more
Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World by Lehman, David
Category: Music
The Best American Poetry 1988 - Thirtieth Anniversary of the Debut Collection by David Lehman (Editor); John Ashbery (Editor)
Category: Anthologies
A celebration of the first edition of Best American Poetry and a tribute to the late John Ashbery--the guest editor and one of the best American poets of all time--this thirtieth anniversary edition is a look back at the beginning of a renowned anthology series and an outstanding collection of poems. ...Show more
The Best American Poetry 2008 by David Lehman &Charles Wright (eds.)
Category: Poetry
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Wright and renowned editor Lehman present the 21st edition of the Best American Poetry series, which Robert Pinsky calls, as good a comprehensive overview of contemporary poetry as there can be.
The Best American Poetry 2018 by David Lehman; Dana Gioia
Category: Poetry | Series: The\Best American Poetry Ser.
Celebrating thirty years, the 2018 edition of the Best American Poetry--"a 'best' anthology that really lives up to its title" (Chicago Tribune)--collects the most significant poems of the year, chosen by Poet Laureate of California Dana Gioia. In a review of Best American Poetry 2017, The Washingto ...Show more