Description: An outspoken promoter of literacy and a central figure in the poetry world, Robert Hass brings his passion for language, nature, and verse to The Best American Poetry 2001. His sharp insight into the poetry of our time makes this volume a fresh and exciting addition to the series, sure to be hotly discussed.

Poet Laureate from 1995-1997, Hass has channeled his particular passions into assembling a collection featuring established masters such as John Ashbery, Carolyn Kizer, Robert Pinsky, Louise Gluck, and Robert Bly, rare posthumous works by Elizabeth Bishop and James Schuyler, and poems by extraordinary newcomers like Amy England, Claudia Rankine, and Rachel Rose. David Lehman leads this wonderful volume with his always popular foreword assessing the state of poetry, and contributors' comments provide a fascinating coda.

Riding the wave of the "general explosion in the interest of poetry nationwide" (The New York Times), The Best American Poetry 2001 will find a large audience among devoted fans of the series and followers of Hass's work.

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