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American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry Business_Gift_Guide over their year-long tour ofThis spirited anthology of contemporary American poetry focuses on the new poemthe hybrida synthesis of traditional and experimental styles. As Cole Swensen argues in the introduction to this comprehensive new anthology, the long acknowledged "fundamental division" between experimental and traditional is disappearing in American poetry in favor of hybrid approaches that blend trends from accessible lyricism to linguistic exploration. The focus in