David Lehman

David Lehman: (born June 11, 1948) is an American poet, non-fiction writer, literary critic, and the founder and series editor for The Best American Poetry. He was a writer and freelance journalist for fifteen years, writing for such publications as Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. He is the author of five collections of poems, including The Evening Sun (Scribner, 2002) and The Daily Mirror: A Journal in Poetry (2000). His books of criticism include The Last Avant– Garde: The Making of the New York School of Poets (Doubleday, 1998). He lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.