| Frequency | Annual |
| Local note | SERBIB/SERLOC merged record |
| Local note | SERBIB/SERLOC merged record |
| General note | Published: Simon & Schuster, <1994-> |
| General note | Editor varies with each volume. |
| General note | Each year's anthology consists of 75 poems from the previous calendar year. |
| Supplement note | Occasional supplemental volumes published as, The best of the best American poetry. |
| Title history note | Clothbound ed. issued by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988- |
| Source of description | Latest issue consulted: 2012. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Best American poetry |
| Genre/form | Periodicals. |
| Genre/form | Poetry. |
| Genre/form | Serial publications. |
| Genre/form | Poetry. |
| Genre/form | Serial publications. |
| LCCN | 88644281 sn 88008695 |
| ISSN | 1040-5763 1040-5763 |
| IAN |
99955817747 |
| Publisher number | 1988- Scribner Poetry |
| Stock number | Touchstone, Rockefeller Center, 1230 Ave. of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10020 |
