David Lehman is an American poet, non-fiction writer, and literary critic, and the founder and series editor for The Best American Poetry. He was a writer and freelance journalist for fifteen years, writing for such publications as Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. In 2006, Lehman served as Editor for the new Oxford Book of American Poetry. He taught and was the Poetry Coordinator at The New School in New York City until May 2018.
The Best American Poetry series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems.
Geoffrey O'Brien is an American poet, editor, book and film critic, translator, and cultural historian. In 1992, he joined the staff of the Library of America as executive editor, becoming editor-in-chief in 1998.
The Best American Poetry 2007, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by poet Heather McHugh, guest editor, who made the final selections, and David Lehman, the general editor for the series.
Rebecca Seiferle is an American poet.
Brenda Shaughnessy is an American poet.
Elizabeth Macklin is an American poet.
Laurel Trivelpiece was an American poet and novelist.
Tony Sanders was an American poet.
Terry Randolph Hummer is an American poet, critic, essayist, editor, and professor. His most recent books of poetry are After the Afterlife and the three linked volumes Ephemeron, Skandalon, and Eon. He has published poems in literary journals and magazines including The New Yorker, Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, The Literati Quarterly, Paris Review, and Georgia Review. His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship inclusion in the 1995 edition of Best American Poetry, the Hanes Prize for Poetry, the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, and three Pushcart Prizes.
Gabriel Spera is an American poet.
George Bradley is an American poet, editor, and fiction writer whose work is characterized by formal structure, humor, and satirical narrative.
Aaron Moses Fogel is an American poet.
Nancy Eimers is an American poet.
Emily Hiestand is an American writer and poet.
Erin Belieu is an American poet.
Judith Hall is an American poet.
Sara Louise "Sally" Ball is an American poet, editor, and professor. She is the author of Annus Mirabilis. Her poems and essays have appeared in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review,Harvard Review, Pleiades, Ploughshares, Rivendell, Slate, Threepenny Review, Salmagundi, The Southwest Review, The Threepenny Review, Yale Review, and the Review of Contemporary Fiction.
Carolyn Leilani Yu Zhen Lau is an American poet.
Lloyd Binford Ramke is an American poet and editor.