The Best American Poetry 2013 (32 page)

Paisley Rekdal: “Birthday Poem” appeared in
New England Review
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Adrienne Rich: “Endpapers” appeared in
Granta
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Anne Marie Rooney: “Lake Sonnet” from
Spitshine
. © 2012 by Anne Marie Rooney. Reprinted by permission of Carnegie Mellon University Press. Also appeared in
Subtropics
.

J. Allyn Rosser: “Intro to Happiness” appeared in
The Georgia Review
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Mary Ruefle: “Little Golf Pencil” appeared in
Ecotone
and
Harper's
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Maureen Seaton: “Chelsea/Suicide” appeared in
Columbia Poetry Review
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Tim Seibles: “Sotto Voce: Othello, Unplugged” appeared in
Alaska Quarterly Review
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Vijay Seshadri: “Trailing Clouds of Glory” appeared in
FIELD
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Peter Jay Shippy: “Western Civilization” appeared in
The Common
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Mitch Sisskind: “Joe Adamczyk” appeared in
Harpur Palate
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Aaron Smith: “What It Feels Like to Be Aaron Smith” from
Appetite
. © 2012 by Aaron Smith. Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press. Also appeared in
Court Green
.

Stephanie Strickland: “Introductions” appeared in
Barrow Street
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Adrienne Su: “On Writing” appeared in
New England Review
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

James Tate: “The Baby” appeared in
jubilat
and
Harper's
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Emma Trelles: “Florida Poem” from
Tropicalia
. © 2011 by Emma Trelles. Reprinted by permission of the University of Notre Dame Press. Also appeared in
Terrain.org
.

David Trinidad: “from
Peyton Place: A Haiku Soap Opera
, Season Two, 1965–1966” appeared in
Carbon Copy Magazine
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Jean Valentine: “1945” appeared in
Plume
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Paul Violi: “Now I'll Never Be Able to Finish That Poem to Bob” from
Hanging Loose
. Reprinted by permission.

David Wagoner: “Casting Aspersions” appeared in
The Georgia Review
and
Harper's
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Stacey Waite: “The Kind of Man I Am at the DMV” from
Butch Geography
. © 2013 by Stacey Waite. Reprinted by permission of Tupelo Press. Also appeared in
Columbia Poetry Review
.

Richard Wilbur: “Sugar Maples, January” appeared in
The New Yorker
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Angela Veronica Wong and Amy Lawless: “It Can Feel Amazing to Be Targeted by a Narcissist” appeared in
The Common
. Reprinted by permission of the poets.

Wendy Xu: “Where the Hero Speaks to Others” appeared in
MAKE
and
Verse Daily
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Kevin Young: “Wintering” appeared in
The American Scholar
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

Matthew Zapruder: “Albert Einstein” appeared in
The Believer
. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

OTHER VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES

John Ashbery, editor,
The Best American Poetry 1988

Donald Hall, editor,
The Best American Poetry 1989

Jorie Graham, editor,
The Best American Poetry 1990

Mark Strand, editor,
The Best American Poetry 1991

Charles Simic, editor,
The Best American Poetry 1992

Louise Glück, editor,
The Best American Poetry 1993

A. R. Ammons, editor,
The Best American Poetry 1994

Richard Howard, editor,
The Best American Poetry 1995

Adrienne Rich, editor,
The Best American Poetry 1996

James Tate, editor,
The Best American Poetry 1997

Harold Bloom, editor,
The Best of the Best American Poetry 1988–1997

John Hollander, editor,
The Best American Poetry 1998

Robert Bly, editor,
The Best American Poetry 1999

Rita Dove, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2000

Robert Hass, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2001

Robert Creeley, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2002

Yusef Komunyakaa, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2003

Lyn Hejinian, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2004

Paul Muldoon, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2005

Billy Collins, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2006

Heather McHugh, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2007

Charles Wright, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2008

David Wagoner, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2009

Amy Gerstler, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2010

Kevin Young, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2011

Mark Doty, editor,
The Best American Poetry 2012

Robert Pinsky, editor,
The Best of the Best American Poetry:
25th Anniversary Edition

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