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.

The Trope of a Nation

By David Lehman | Tuesday March 5, 2019

Reverse Scrabble

By David Lehman | Tuesday February 26, 2019

This Was Glory, Too

By David Lehman | Tuesday February 19, 2019

Stanzaic Choreography

By David Lehman | Tuesday February 12, 2019

Doubling Down

By David Lehman | Tuesday February 5, 2019

Beneath a Blood Wolf Moon

By David Lehman | Tuesday January 29, 2019

The Expanse of Spirit

By David Lehman | Tuesday January 22, 2019

Tributes to May in January

By David Lehman | Tuesday January 15, 2019

Four-Word Lines

By David Lehman | Tuesday January 8, 2019

An Ample Meal

By David Lehman | Tuesday December 18, 2018

“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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