German-language poetry has become more relaxed, intelligent, extreme, and bold in recent years—simply put, much better. The highlights of this awakening, along with what has always been at the forefront, are gathered here in a "Book of Fame." This is a personal selection of the best poems that demonstrates that the art of thinking, researching, making connections, chuckling, reaching out, tossing around, and reinventing has never been better in this country—essentially, what poems can do at their best when given the chance. Featuring poems by Marcel Beyer, Volker Braun, Ann Cotten, Oswald Egger, Elke Erb, Daniel Falb, Hendrik Jackson, Thomas Kling, Friederike Mayröcker, Bert Papenfuss, Monika Rinck, Lutz Seiler, Ulf Stolterfoht, Jan Wagner, Uljana Wolf, and others.