Guest Editors
The guest editors of the series, by year:
- 2011: Kevin Young
- 2010: Amy Gerstler
- 2009: David Wagoner
- 2008: Charles Wright
- 2007: Heather McHugh
- 2006: Billy Collins †
- 2005: Paul Muldoon
- 2004: Lyn Hejinian
- 2003: Yusef Komunyakaa
- 2002: Robert Creeley
- 2001: Robert Hass †
- 2000: Rita Dove †
- 1999: Robert Bly
- 1998: John Hollander
- Best of the Best: '88-'97: Harold Bloom
- 1997: James Tate
- 1996: Adrienne Rich
- 1995: Richard Howard
- 1994: A. R. Ammons
- 1993: Louise Glück †
- 1992: Charles Simic †
- 1991: Mark Strand †
- 1990: Jorie Graham
- 1989: Donald Hall †
- 1988: John Ashbery
† editors who (as of 2007) have also been U.S. poets laureate
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