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The Best American Poetry 2010 (2010)

by Amy Gerstler(Favorite Author)

3.48 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1439181454 (ISBN13: 9781439181454)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Scribner

review 1: Operation "catch up with BAP" is nearly complete at long last.Unfortunately, this was another volume that I found disappointing despite being a fan of the guest editor.Very few pages folded over. Let's see... Favorites from Louise Gluck, B.H. Fairchild (big surprise), Dolly Lemke, Sarah Murphy, and J. Allyn Rosser.Humor in poetry, for me, is hit or miss. I understand Gerstler's desire to have more humor in her volume, but most of the humor in this volume was a big miss by my sensibilities. I imagine that is a large part of why this volume just didn't hit for me.
review 2: We read The Grudge, A Walk In Victoria's Secret, and I never went to that movie at 12:45 in my Creative Writing class. We got to pick any piece off here or "The Best American Nonrequired R... moreeading 2009" for a critical review. I ended up doing Carrying on like a Crow by Charles Simic because it was probably my favorite poem in this compilation. My other favorites include: The Grudge,Letter to the Past after Long Silence, What's Left, Namaskar, Oh dont, and Grave.Overall I enjoyed it, and I loved reading some of the pieces contemporary poets were writing. less

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