• Mark Strand
• George Garrett
• Christie Hodgen
• David Kirby
• Eric Pankey
• Paula Speck
• Lisa Russ Spaar
• Lisa Szporluk
• A Lost Classic Retrospective

And new poetry by:

• Victoria Chang
• Darren C. Demaree
• Laura Paul
• Lisa Russ Spaar
• Sam Witt
• Greg Wrenn

• Pierre Beauregard
• Elisabeth Benjamin
• Tamas Dobozy
• Trudy Lewis
• Maryse Meijer
• Rachel May

Table of Contents

Lost Classic: Stephen Crane's Deleted Chapter from The Red Badge of Courage

Cover Art: Tim Campbell

Book Reviews and Contributors' Notes

Meridian is pleased to announce its new anthology, Best New Poets, with the third annual edition available for purchase online and in select bookstores starting November 1, 2007. Each year, Best New Poets features the work of fifty emerging poets selected from nominations by writing programs, literary magazines, and an Open Internet Competition.