The Best American Poetry 2025

"A 'best' anthology that really lives up to its title."—Chicago Tribune
Guest edited by poet Terence Winch—NEA Fellow and editor of the Best American Poetry’s “pick of the week”—the leading anthology of contemporary American poetry returns.

David Lehman, the series editor of The Best American Poetry, edited The Oxford Book of American Poetry. His books of poetry include The Morning Line, When a Woman Loves a Man, and The Daily Mirror. He has written such nonfiction books as Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul de Man. He lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.