David Lehman is the founder and longtime editor of the Best American Poetry series and the editor of THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN POETRY. He is the author of several volumes of poetry and cultural criticism, including A FINE ROMANCE: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, which won ASCAP'S Deems Taylor Award; THE LAST AVANT-GARDE: The Making of the New York School of Poets; and SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul De Man. A core faculty member of the graduate writing program at the New School, he lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.

Books by David Lehman

Sinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World

by David Lehman - Biography, Nonfiction

SINATRA'S CENTURY is an irresistible collection of 100 short reflections on the man, his music and his larger-than-life story, by a lifetime fan who also happens to be one of the poetry world’s most prominent voices. David Lehman uses each of these short pieces to look back on a single facet of the entertainer’s story --- from his childhood in Hoboken, to his emergence as “The Voice” in the 1940s, to the wild professional (and romantic) fluctuations that followed.

The Best American Poetry 2000

by Rita Dove and David Lehman