The Columbia Anthology of American Poetry

JAY PARINI is Axinn Professor of English at Middlebury College. A former Guggenheim Fellow and Visiting Fellow at Christ Church College, Oxford, Parini has written three volumes of poetry, four novels, a critical evaluation of Theodore Roethke's work, and a biography of John Steinbeck. He has written for The Columbia Literary History of the United States,and edited Gore Vidal: A Retrospectiveand The Columbia History of American Poetry,all published by Columbia University Press.The Columbia Anthology of American Poetry, 1st was published 1995 under ISBN 9780231081221 and ISBN 0231081227.