GAMBIER, Ohio—Five poems from recent issues of The Kenyon Review have been selected for inclusion in The Best American Poetry 2006 anthology. The poems and their authors are: "Sally's Hair," John Koethe, from the Review's Fall 2004 issue; "Harvesting the Cows," Ellen Bryant Voigt, Winter 2005; "Our Generation," Carl Dennis, Spring 2005; "My First Mermaid," Debora Greger, Fall 2005; and "The Other Woman's Point of View," Liz Rosenberg, Fall 2005.

The winning poems were selected by Billy Collins, U.S. Poet Laureate 2001-2003, who served as guest editor for the 2006 Best American Poetry collection. The series editor is David Lehman.

"We're absolutely thrilled by the number of poems selected for this edition," says David H. Lynn, editor of The Kenyon Review. "Seeing five poems published in Best American Poetry is a great honor for The Kenyon Review and for our authors—and it's a testament to (KR Poetry Editor) David Baker's keen aesthetic instincts."

The Best American Poetry 2006 is slated for release by Scribner in September 2006.

Founded at Kenyon College in 1939 by poet and critic John Crowe Ransom, The Kenyon Review is currently edited by David Lynn, who is a professor of English at the college. Many noted writers have published their early (and later) works in the magazine, among them poet Robert Lowell and novelist Joyce Carol Oates.

AUTHOR BIOS
Carl Dennis's most recent book of poems, NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, 1974-2004, was published by Penguin in 2004. He lives in Buffalo, where he is writer in residence at SUNY at Buffalo. The chosen poem, "Our Generation," will be appearing in a new book, UNKNOWN FRIENDS, that Penguin will be publishing in 2007.

Debora Greger’s most recent book of poetry, WESTERN ART, was published by Penguin in 2004. Her other books of poetry include: MOVABLE ISLANDS (1980), AND(1985), THE 1002nd NIGHT (1990), OFF-SEASON AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (1994), DESERT FATHERS, URANIUM DAUGHTERS (1996), and GOD (2001). She has won the Grolier Prize, a Discovery/The Nation Award, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of Florida.

John Koethe's poem "Sally's Hair" is the title poem of a new collection published by HarperCollins in April. His previous book, NORTH POINT NORTH: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and an earlier book, FALLING WATER, received the Kingsley Tufts Award. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Liz Rosenberg writes poetry, fiction, and books for young people, including five award-winning poetry anthologies, most recently I JUST HOPE IT'S LETHAL, from Houghton Mifflin. Her next book of poems, THE PURPOSE OF BEAUTY, is due out from Mammoth Press next year. She teaches English and Creative Writing at the State University of New York at Binghamton, and writes a monthly book column for the Boston Globe.

Ellen Bryant Voigt has published six volumes of poetry—CLAIMING KIN (1976), THE FORCES OF PLENTY (1983), THE LOTUS FLOWERS (1987), TWO TREES (1992), and KYRIE (1995), a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle Award, and SHADOW OF HEAVEN (2002), a finalist for the National Book Awards. A volume of her new and selected poems will be issued by W. W. Norton in January, 2007.