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David Lehman is the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry and the author of seven books of poetry, including When a Woman Loves a Man. He lives in New York City.

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Author David Lehman to hold Ithaca book reading Saturday on Jewish songwriters
Ithaca Journal, August 14, 2010
...David Lehman, the author of "A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs," will be reading from and discussing his book at 3 p.m. today at Buffalo Street Books in...
Sounds Jewish: Jewish Book Week special
Guardian.co.uk, March 3, 2010
...on the margins – and explains why he believes his American mother was a self-hating Jew. Cultural critic David Lehman explains why White Christmas and Easter Parade are actually Jewish songs in his new book A Fine Romance. Sounds Jewish is produced...
Sounds Jewish: Jewish Book Week special
Guardian.co.uk, March 3, 2010
...on the margins – and explains why he believes his American mother was a self-hating Jew. Cultural critic David Lehman explains why White Christmas and Easter Parade are actually Jewish songs in his new book A Fine Romance. Sounds Jewish is produced...
Not All Good Poets are Dead
Suite101.com, January 22, 2010
...includes tips on how to create a good listening environment in the classroom. Finding the best American poets David Lehman annually edits the popular poetry series The yearly anthology, which launched in 1988, features 75 poets. A guest editor is chosen...
Books of note about music
Philly.com, December 15, 2009
...into the sociopolitical context of Cash's forgotten '60s protest album, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian. David Lehman's A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs (Nextbook, $23) is a poet's witty and ruminative examination of how...
Letters: November 2009
Haaretz, November 8, 2009
...So it is only fitting that Michael Handelzalts, in his review of the book 'A Fine Romance,' by David Lehman ('What Makes a Song Jewish?' October ), misidentifies George M. Cohan, as proud a son of Erin as ever there was, as a ben Yisrael. Now this is not...
What makes a song Jewish?
Haaretz, September 23, 2009
...A Fine Romance Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, by David Lehman Schocken / Nextbook (Jewish Encounters series), 272 pages, $23David Lehman is passionate about what is commonly called the 'American Song Book.' The term refers to all those popular songs...
The Best American Poetry 2010 - Behind the Scene: David Lehman Interviews Matthew Yeager
The Best American Poetry, August 17, 2010
...and coming poets, completely original and surprising, so I was delighted that he agreed to be interviewed by David Lehman about "from A Jar of Balloons or the Uncooked Rice ," the poem guest editor Amy Gerstler selected for this year's volume of...
Defining design of an era -- Poetry Foundation
Harriet: The Blog, August 2, 2010
...the ’70s in particular. These issues featured a wide range of poets–A.R. Ammons, Margaret Atwood, Erica Jong, David Lehman, W.S. Merwin, Eleanor Ross Taylor, Jayanta Mahapatra, James Schuyler, and Denis Johnson, to name a few–and a similarly wide...
The Louis C.K. of poetry criticism
The Rosa Parks of Blogs, August 2, 2010
..."News at Eleven: But [David] Lehman's particular theme this year is the state of poetry criticism, and he doesn't hold back: 'Poetry criticism at its worst today,' Lehman asserts, 'is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent,' and he goes on from there to...
A rant against the Best American Poetry -- Criticism
Harriet: The Blog, June 15, 2010
...Anis Shivani takes David Lehman and the BAP to task at the Huffington Post : Get ready, Professor Lehman, for a “mean” and “spiteful” review of the low-hanging fruit you’ve offered me yet again...
Books Gotten Since Mid-December
The Tao of Jesus Crisis, January 5, 2010
...Joseph Heller, Good As Gold by Joseph Heller, The Best American Poetry 1997 (ed. by James Tate and David Lehman), The Best American Poetry 1998 (ed. by John Hollander and David Lehman), The Best American Poetry 1999 (ed. by Robert Bly and David Lehman),...
hope you got what you want...
~ Book of Kells, December 26, 2009
...Affections edited by Arielle Greenburg and Rachel Zucker. I also received The Best American Poetry 2009: Series Editor David Lehman edited by David Wagoner (and has a poem from Martha Silano in it!), a book on organizing for the year (I know, so...
The Best American Poetry 2009: Series Editor David Lehman
The Poet's Mews, December 24, 2009
...celebrate freedom, and teem with imaginative energy. With engagingnotes from the poets, Wagoner's superb introductory essay, serieseditor David Lehman's astute foreword about the current state of poetryand criticism, and cover art from the beloved poet...
Something Special for Mystery Readers
Good Books, December 19, 2009
...Bloomsbury 100 Must Read Crime Novels (4) IMBA’s 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20 th Century (5) David Lehman’s Recommendations ( The Perfect Murder : 1989) (6) H. R. F. Keating’s 100 Best Crime and Mystery Books (1987) (7) Barzun and...
Mark Doty Poetry Forum
The Best American Poetry, December 14, 2009
...Monday, December 14 Poetry Forum: Mark Doty David Lehman, moderator 6:30 p.m., Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510, $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with...
Tina Kelley, Guest Blogger November 15-20
The Best American Poetry, November 16, 2009
...and wrote 121 “Portraits of Grief,” short descriptions of the victims. Welcome, Tina. In other news . . . TONIGHT:  David Lehman reading:  7pm at Kavarna Cafe, at 707 E. Lake Dr. in Decatur, GA. Opening for David will be novelist Josh Russell.  ...
Tina Kelly, Guest Blogger November 15-20
The Best American Poetry, November 15, 2009
...and wrote 121 “Portraits of Grief,” short descriptions of the victims. Welcome, Tina. In other news . . . TONIGHT:  David Lehman at the 18th Annual Atlanta Book Festival : 6:30 PM Zaban Park 5342 Tilly Mill Rd Dunwoody, GA 30338 . Watch the trailer...
Tina Kelly, Guest Blogger November 14-20
The Best American Poetry, November 15, 2009
...and wrote 121 “Portraits of Grief,” short descriptions of the victims. Welcome, Tina. In other news . . . TONIGHT:  David Lehman at the 18th Annual Atlanta Book Festival : 6:30 PM Zaban Park 5342 Tilly Mill Rd Dunwoody, GA 30338 . Watch the trailer...
Poetry Express
1800blogger, November 12, 2009
...via e-mail « The Nuts And Bolts Of Zukofsky | Home | a paragraph with general praise for David Lehman »...
Publishers Yearly
Alexandria, October 17, 2009
...Otto Penzler The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 by Dave Eggers The Best American Poetry 2009: Series Editor David Lehman by David Wagoner and David Lehman Best American Political Writing 2009 by Royce Flippin The Best American Science and...
Evidence of the decline and fall of John Greenleaf Whittier
Wuthering Expectations, September 23, 2009
...far as the eye can see. The 1900 E. C. Stedman anthology is much more daring. Note how David Lehman's 2006 New Oxford anthology, compared to Richard Ellman's 1976 version, decimates the 19th century poets. He puts everything before the 20th century in a...
The Best American Poetry 2009: GALA LAUNCH READING SEPTEMBER 24, 7:00 PM The New School, 66 W. 12th Street FREE
The Best American Poetry, September 22, 2009
...Join series editor David Lehman as he introduces an all-star line up of the following contributors to this year's volume, chosen by guest editor David Wagoner:  John Ashbery, Mark Bibbins, Suzanne Cleary...
"Poetry and Collage" (by Laura Orem)
The Best American Poetry, September 8, 2009
...collage. So many poets also work in collage/mixed media (Joe Brainard, Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Star Black, David Lehman are just a few), and I wonder why. It can't be because all of us can't draw. So what I would like to do is hear from...