The Best American Poetry

Poets in The Best American Poetry 1998
Poems from these 75 poets were in The Best American Poetry 1999, general editor David Lehman, guest editor John Hollander:


 * Jonathan Aaron
 * Agha Shahid Ali
 * Dick Allen
 * A. R. Ammons
 * Daniel Anderson
 * James Applewhite
 * Craig Arnold
 * Sarah Arvio
 * John Ashbery
 * Frank Bidart
 * Robert Bly
 * George Bradley
 * John Bricuth
 * Anne Carson
 * Turner Cassity


 * Henri Cole
 * Billy Collins
 * Alfred Corn
 * James Cummins
 * Tom Disch
 * Denise Duhamel
 * Lynn Emanuel
 * Irving Feldman
 * Emily Fragos
 * Debora Greger
 * Allen Grossman
 * Thom Gunn
 * Marilyn Hacker
 * Rachel Hadas
 * Donald Hall


 * Joseph Harrison
 * Anthony Hecht
 * Daryl Hine
 * Edward Hirsch
 * Richard Howard
 * Andrew Hudgins
 * Mark Jarman
 * Donald Justice
 * Brigit Pegeen Kelly
 * Karl Kirchwey
 * Carolyn Kizer
 * Kenneth Koch
 * John Koethe
 * Rika Lesser
 * Phillis Levin


 * Philip Levine
 * Rebecca McClanahan
 * J. D. McClatchy
 * Heather McHugh
 * Sandra McPherson
 * W. S. Merwin
 * Robert Mezey
 * A. F. Moritz
 * Thylias Moss
 * William Mullen
 * Eric Ormsby
 * Jacqueline Osherow
 * Robert Pinsky
 * Reynolds Price
 * Wyatt Prunty


 * Stephen Sandy
 * Alan Shapiro
 * Robert B. Shaw
 * Charles Simic
 * Mark Strand
 * James Tate
 * Sidney Wade
 * Derek Walcott
 * Rosanna Warren
 * Rachel Wetzsteon
 * Susan Wheeler
 * Richard Wilbur
 * C. K. Williams
 * Greg Williamson
 * Charles Wright