Thank you to NetGalley & Scribner for a free eARC in exchange for my honest review.
I thought this collection of poetry was decent. Some of the poems were more interesting than others, but the collection felt very one note. The anthology poems did not jump out to me and I did not read any that I would use with my students.
Overall, the poems were depressing. I may need to wait to try more poetry further out from the pandemic, but I don't think that is the only reason it was depressing.
My favorite poems were: Felicia Zamora's "Chris Martin Sings "Shiver" and I shiver: A Poem for Madame Vice President," Alina Stefanescu's "Little Time," and Louise Gluck's "Second Wind."
They were really good, I just have read better poem anthologies. Also, a formatting thing: I wish the author bios had been near the poems themselves, so I could have the background on the poet as I read ( This is partially an ebook issue, but I wouldn't want to keep flipping back and forth in a physical book either)

Always an amazing diverse collection of poems! I particularly enjoyed the poems by Jenny Zhang and Tiana Clark.

Some of the formatting did not work well here as an ebook. Most of these poems did not seem like choices I would have made for a best poetry anthology, but as always poetry is tuned to an individuals tastes. Someone thought these poems should be here, so they are. None of them really touched or moved me, though some were interesting reads. Maybe I’m struggling with poetry since the pandemic started.

A really wonderful collection of poetry.Poems carefully selected for this anthology.Poers I had already read others new to me.There were so many gems a book to dip in and out of.#netgalley #scibner

** Thanks so much to NetGally, David Lehman, Matthew Zapruder, and Scribner for this ARC**

The Best American Poetry 2022 will be out September 13th, 2022.

I really enjoyed this anthology! Like with all anthologies, there were poems that spoke to me more or less than others. Some poems would have been 5 stars alone, while others might have been 3 or 4. It felt most appropriate to give the whole anthology a rating of 4. I enjoyed reconnecting with old favorites and finding some new ones, like E. C. Belli, James Cagney, Bill Carty, Jennifer Chang, and April Goldman.

I have read some of the other "Best ____ of ___" books before, but this was my first book of poetry. I enjoyed it a lot and will definitely try and read more!

Matthew Zapruder guest edits the most recent collection in the Best American Poetry anthology series. As always, there is work here from a range of poets, both new to me and well known, from publications I’ve experienced — and unexamined gems, as well. Worth the read.

Anytime the introduction to an anthology captures my attention, I know that I am going to enjoy the text. Of all of the TBAPs published since its inception, this issue may be the one that best reflects the year during which the texts were penned. The selections were timely, poignant, and powerful. The range was thoughtful, and the representation was broad. I’ll be ordering a text set of these for my classroom!