Best American Poetry 2002

Robert Creeley was born in Arlington, Massachusetts, in 1926. In the 1950s he taught at Black Mountain College and edited The Black Mountain Review. Since 1966 he has taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Creeley was New York State Poet from 1989 to 1991, and his many volumes of poetry include For Love, Pieces, and Memory Gardens. He lives in Buffalo, New York, and in Waldoboro, Maine David Lehman is on the core faculty of the graduate writing programs at Bennington College and The New School. In 1988 he launched The Best American Poetry series. He is the author of five collections of poetry, including The Evening SunLehman, David is the author of 'Best American Poetry 2002' with ISBN 9780743203852 and ISBN 0743203852.