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Title: Go back to previous years, pass on this one
Review: I agree with the other reviewer. I was disappointed in this year's BAP as well. I'm an avid reader of previous collections and was happy to see Rita Dove edit the previous edition, as she seemed to value diversity in gender, ethnicity, and style much more than Haas, who seemed to select more academic, less human works (and as the previous reviewer mentioned, his wife, which I have mixed feelings about). His wife is a wonderful language poet, but really. Overall, a stuffy volume that didn't seem very representative of modern American poetry today. Save your money and borrow it from the library if you really must read it.
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