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Title: A Great Introduction to the Next Wave of Poets
Review: There is a proliferation of anthologies out this year that collect the works of a number of younger poets (a response to the new millenium buzz, no doubt). However, of all them I found the Carengie Mellon anthology more comprehensive and inclusive in the scope of its vision. It is the largest with the highest number of younger writers (perhaps the press simply had a bigger budget). But regardless, Daniels and Costanzo gathered here an amazing group that reflects what will eventually become the diversified literary canon of the future. There are many discoveries here and it is obvious from the intro that the editors tried their best to search for those finds that other anthologies overlooked. Reaching for the obvious names would have been too easy a task, best left to lazier editors, so it is with great admiration that I salute this, the most energetic effort to date.
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