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David Lehman

David Lehman is a poet and writer whose books include New and Selected Poems and A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs. He is the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry and series editor of The Best American Poetry.

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    Havana, 1939
    byDavid Lehman
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    Marx Was a Jew
    byDavid Lehman
  • At a Selective Service Office, a group of young men register for the draft, Hyattsville, Maryland, February 16, 1977.
    At a Selective Service Office, a group of young men register for the draft, Hyattsville, Maryland, February 16, 1977.
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    Nothing to Worry About

    In an excerpt from a new memoir, ‘One Hundred Autobiographies,’ one man’s advice about facing the draft during the Vietnam War

    byDavid Lehman
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    A Fine Romance

    Jewish Songwriters, American Songs

    byDavid Lehman
  • Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, and Oscar Hammerstein II at the St. James Theater.
    Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, and Oscar Hammerstein II at the St. James Theater.
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    A Fine Romance

    An expert picks his top ten favorites from the Jewish-written American songbook

    byDavid Lehman
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