David Lehman

David Lehman, a contributing editor of the Scholar, is a poet, critic, and the general editor of The Best American Poetry annual anthology and author of the book One Hundred Autobiographies. He currently writes our Talking Pictures column.

And Be Careful, Darling

By David Lehman | Tuesday December 12, 2017

Abecedarius in 26 Words

By David Lehman | Tuesday December 5, 2017

About a Boy

Read an excerpt from a perpetual poem-in-progress

By David Lehman | Monday December 4, 2017

The Tragic Acrostic

By David Lehman | Tuesday November 28, 2017

Antigone

By David Lehman | Tuesday November 21, 2017

Autumn Haiku

By David Lehman | Tuesday November 14, 2017

The One Thing

By David Lehman | Tuesday November 7, 2017

What Can Save Us?

By David Lehman | Tuesday October 31, 2017

More Marianne Moore

By David Lehman | Tuesday October 24, 2017

“Muse Circe Reclaims Her Lucre”

By David Lehman | Friday February 21, 2025

Above the River of Your Longing

By David Lehman | Thursday January 16, 2025

“What a Strange Path”

By David Lehman | Monday December 16, 2024

“I Have Had My Vision”

By David Lehman | Friday November 22, 2024

In Reprise: Next Line, Please

By David Lehman | Friday October 25, 2024

Tunneling to Freedom

By David Lehman | Thursday June 6, 2024

Homage to the Uncanny

By David Lehman | Thursday February 29, 2024

How Well Do You Know Your Hitchcock?

By David Lehman | Friday January 19, 2024

“Mr. Lucky” Didn’t Know Who He Was

By David Lehman | Thursday September 28, 2023

Brilliant Carnage

By David Lehman | Thursday February 23, 2023

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