"A 'best' anthology that really lives up to its title."—Chicago Tribune Guest edited by award-winning poet Elaine Equi, the leading anthology of contemporary American poetry returns.

WINNER OF THE PEN AWARD FOR POETRY IN TRANSLATIONPearl is an entrancing allegorical tale of grief and lost love, as the narrator is led on a Dantean journey through sorrow to redemption by his vanished beloved.