Five Young American Poets was a three volume series of poetry anthologies released from 1940 to 1944. The series was published by New Directions Publishers (Norfolk, Connecticut; James Laughlin, publisher).
Volume I - 1940 includes selected poetry by:
W. R. Moses
Randall Jarrell
George Marion O'Donnell
John Berryman
Mary Barnard
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Volume II - 1941 includes selected poetry by:
Clark Mills
Karl Shapiro
David Schubert
Jeanne McGahey
Paul Goodman
Volume III - 1944 includes selected poetry by:
Eve Merriam
John Frederick Nims
Jean Garrigue
Tennessee Williams
Alejandro Carrión