Graham, David, and Kate Sontag, eds., After Confession: Poetry as Autobiography, Graywolf Press, 2001.

After Confession: Poetry as Autobiography is a compilation of twenty-eight essays by poets Billy Collins, Yusef Komunyakaa, Louise Glück, and others examining the persistent influence of confessional poetry on contemporary verse.

Komunyakaa, Yusef, and David Lehman, eds., Best American Poetry 2003, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003.

Best American Poetry 2003 is one in a series of eagerly-awaited annual collections of contemporary poetry. This issue, by decorated Vietnam veteran Komunyakaa—an African American poet from the South, includes the work of well-established poets such as Rita Dove and Billy Collins as well as emerging talent such as Natasha Trethewey.

Schmidt, Elizabeth, ed., Poems of New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.

Poems of New York is an anthology of poetry by poets who have made New York City their subject, beginning with Walt Whitman. Schmidt began collecting...