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The Best American Poetry 1995

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For this edition of the series, Howard announced that "poets whose work has appeared three or more times in this series are here and now ineligible, as are all seven former editors of the series".
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Howard, Richard (1995). "Introduction". In Lehman, David; Howard, Richard (eds.).
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Index

The Best American Poetry series
David Lehman
Richard Howard
Margaret Atwood
The Atlantic Monthly
Sally Ball
Southwest Review
Catherine Bowman
Chelsea
Stephanie Brown
American Poetry Review
Lewis Buzbee
ZYZZYVA
Cathleen Calbert
Rafael Campo
Ploughshares
William Carpenter
Iowa Review
Nicholas Christopher
The Paris Review
Jane Cooper
American Poetry Review
James Cummins
The Paris Review
Olena Kalytiak Davis
Michigan Quarterly Review
Lynn Emanuel
The Antioch Review
Elaine Equi
New American Writing

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