Contains the most important work of more than 100 English and American authors.

"David Orr is no starry-eyed cheerleader for contemporary poetry; Orr’s a critic, and a good one. . . . Beautiful & Pointless is a clear-eyed, opinionated, an

As well as representing many of the most important poets of the last 100 years, Strong Words charts many different stances and movements, from modernism to post

First published in February 1936, just under a year from when the idea for it was first discussed, this is one of the most important and influential anthologies