Read and Download Ebook Best American Poetry 2017... Best American Poetry 2017 Natasha Trethewey (Editor) , David Lehman (Series Editor) PDF File: Best American Poetry 2017... 1 Read and Download Ebook Best American Poetry 2017... Best American Poetry 2017 Natasha Trethewey (Editor) , David Lehman (Series Editor) Best American Poetry 2017 Natasha Trethewey (Editor) , David Lehman (Series Editor) 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 of Congress James Billington says Natasha Trethewey “consistently and dramatically expanded the power” of the role of US Poet Laureate, holding office hours with the public, traveling the country, and reaching millions through her innovative PBS NewsHour segment “Where Poetry Lives.” Marilyn Nelson says “the wide scope of Trethewey’s interests and her adept handling of form have created an opus of classics both elegant and necessary.” With her selections and introductory essay for The Best American Poetry 2017, Trethewey will be highlighting even more “elegant and necessary” poems and poets, adding to the national conversation of verse and its role in our culture. The Best American Poetry is not just another anthology; it serves as a guide to who’s who and what’s happening in American poetry and is an eagerly awaited publishing event each year. With Trethewey’s insightful touch and genius for plumbing the depths of history and personal experience to shape striking verse, The Best American Poetry 2017 is another brilliant addition to the series. Best American Poetry 2017 Details Date : Published September 5th 2017 by Scribner ISBN : 9781501127632 Author : Natasha Trethewey (Editor) , David Lehman (Series Editor) Format : Hardcover 256 pages Genre : Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary Download Best American Poetry 2017 ...pdf Read Online Best American Poetry 2017 ...pdf Download and Read Free Online Best American Poetry 2017 Natasha Trethewey (Editor) , David Lehman (Series Editor) PDF File: Best American Poetry 2017... 2 Read and Download Ebook Best American Poetry 2017... From Reader Review Best American Poetry 2017 for online ebook Joseph says Best American Poetry 2017 series edited by David Lehman and guest edited by Natasha Trethewey is the 30th edition of this collection. Lehman is a poet and the series editor for The Best American Poetry series. He teaches at The New School in New York City. Trethewey is an American poet who was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 2012 and again in 2014. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her 2006 collection Native Guard, and she is a former Poet Laureate of Mississippi. She is also the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University, where she also directs the Creative Writing Program. It has been a troublesome year for many. Lehmann opens with the controversial selection of Bob Dylan as the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The selection divided many in the poetry field and was met by disappointment that a woman was not selected. Other were satisfied that some in the more bardish sense had won. Shortly afterward the United State held an election that further divided the country. Many in the arts were unhappy with the electoral results. Soon Twitter was ablaze with the "Resist" message from poets and writers. The new year also seemed to fill its pages with stories of police shooting unarmed men, women, and even children of color with follow-up stories of no charges filed against the shooter. For many, it was a fearful year and that despair is also reflected in this year's collection of poetry. Bob Dylan only gets a passing mention in this collection by Chase Twichell in "Sad Song". However, the rest of the collection does reflect the other concerns in the previous paragraph. For those who read poetry because it offers an escape from modern problems and takes the reader to their own "Tintern Abbey", this collection is a reminder of the real world and your news feed. From the opening poem "Weapons Discharge Report" by Dan Albergotti through Monica Youn's "Greenacre" the tone is set. Pamela Sutton's "Afraid to Pray" almost seems to predict the recent trouble in Charlottesville. R.T. Smith's "Maricon" reminds the reader that hatred goes deeper than race. The poems are not all of rage but of reflection. Danusha Lameris' "The Watch" runs deep. This year's Best American Poetry is not the escapism or the celebration usually associated with a "best" series. It takes poetry as a voice of resistance and information. Like people, in general, poetry can hide in the background and not become a political or social tool for change, but only for so long. Arts are meant to be a reflection of society. Today art is being cut in public schools to save costs. The current proposed budget plans to cut both the NEA and NEH. When art, as well as people, are threatened they fight back. Here, poetry is using its voice to remind us what society and its leaders have become. We are losing our ability to evade the outside world with arts be it reading, painting, or music. Although it would be hyperbole to compare this collection to Picasso's Guernica, it is a warning. Ace Boggess says As with every edition of BAP, I'm not fond of every poem in here, but I love and connect with the majority of them, while recognizing what qualities this year's editor sees in the rest. It's an outstanding edition. Series Editor David Lehman's introduction is likely his best in several years, especially while musing on the debate over Bob Dylan's Novel win. Enough said. You know you're going to buy this book, so just do it already. PDF File: Best American Poetry 2017... 3 Read and Download Ebook Best American Poetry 2017... Peycho Kanev says James Valvis Something The minute the doctor says colon cancer you hardly hear anything else. He says other things, something about something. Tests need to be done, but with the symptoms and family something, excess weight, something about smoking, all of that together means something something something something, his voice a dumb hum like the sound of surf you know must be pounding, but the glass window that has dropped down between you allows only a muffled hiss like something something. He writes a prescription for something, which might be needed, he admits. He hands you something, says something, says goodbye, and you say something. In the car your wife says something something and something about dinner, about needing to eat, and the doctor wanting tests doesn’t mean anything, nothing, and something something something about not borrowing trouble or something. You pull into a restaurant where you do not eat but sit watching her eat something, two plates of something, blurry in an afternoon sun thick as ketchup, as you drink a glass of something-cola and try to recall what the doctor said about something he said was important, a grave matter of something or something else. Jeimy says As with any poetic anthology there are hits and there are misses. What fascinated me were the poems that Tretheway, the guest editor, chose. It felt like she is allowing the reader into her concerns about identity, politics, religion, and race relations. Ultimately, this was a satisfying read. Terri says The Best American Poetry 2017 is a diverse collection of work that hits on a bit of everything from politics and race to personal relationships and contemplation. The collection also includes a wide range of writing styles that can appeal to every poetry reader's appetite. PDF File: Best American Poetry 2017... 4 Read and Download Ebook Best American Poetry 2017... There wasn't a single poem that stuck out to me as being a true masterpiece of the collection, but I will say that the collection as a whole is worth checking out--and much better than the 2016 collection. What I'm surprised about with this collection is the diverse style, range and subject matter, considering the small number of publications included from where these pieces were originally published. Those who enjoy reading poetry should be able to find a few pieces they like. *Book provided by Net Galley Ken says Uneven. (How odd!) If you care enough to jump down a rabbit hole, the full review can be found on my award-winning blog.* * awards given out by my dog in exchange for kibble Alarie says I rarely enjoy these “best” compilations. This series has disappointed me so many times, even when the guest editor was a favorite poet, that I’d decided against ever purchasing it again. Fortunately, my husband didn’t know that. He knows I own all Trethewey’s books, so he bought this collection for me. I loved it: not every poem, of course, but a surprising majority. Given our troubling year and Trethewey’s role in speaking of racial problems, it isn’t surprising how many of the poems are activist poems, pulling our skeletons out of the closets. Yet they're powerful, eye-opening, and fresh with many different approaches: for example, Tony Hoagland’s poem about his father, “Cause of Death: Fox News.” “White” by Judson Mitcham, exams a savage murder of four black people, husbands with their wives, in 1946, two years before his birth, five miles from his grandmother’s home. He breaks the silence perpetrated by the previous generation that shielded white children from the ugly truth, which was also my experience growing up in the South.