''Barrow Street'' is an annual American poetry magazine founded in 1998 and based in

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

. The small journal publishes prominent poets and its poems have been reprinted in anthologies such as

The Best American Poetry series ''The Best American Poetry'' series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems. Background The series, begun by poet and editor David Lehman in 1988, has a different guest editor every year. Lehman, still the genera ...

. Some of the poets whose work has appeared in the magazine include

Kim Addonizio Kim Addonizio (born July 31, 1954) is an American poet and novelist. Life Addonizio was born in Washington, D.C., United States. She is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie (born Addonizio). She briefly atte ...

Billy Collins William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He was a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016. Co ...

David Lehman David Lehman (born June 11, 1948) is an American poet, non-fiction writer, and literary critic, and the founder and series editor for '' The Best American Poetry''. He was a writer and freelance journalist for fifteen years, writing for such pub ...

, Richard Lehnert, Jeffrey Levine,

Robert Wrigley Robert Wrigley (born 1951 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is an American poet and educator. Biography In 1971 Wrigley was inducted into the army, filing for discharge as a conscientious objector. He received his M.F.A. in Poetry from the Universi ...

and

Rachel Zucker Rachel Zucker (born 1971) is an American poet and academic. She is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently, ''SoundMachine'' (Wave Books, 2019). She also co-edited the book ''Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections'' with ...

. The editors also run Barrow Street Press, a small literary nonprofit press with annual book contests for both poetry and prose. The most recent issue of ''Barrow Street'' was published in Winter 2022/2023.

References

External links

Barrow Street Web site
Poetry magazines published in the United States Annual magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1998 Magazines published in New York City {{US-poetry-mag-stub