Lawrence Ferlinghetti is the founder of City Lights Publishing Co. and City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. He is a guiding voice of the “Beat Generation.” A few of his many books include Starting from San Francisco, Her, and Coney Island of the Mind. He attended UNC Chapel Hill, loves Wolfe and Sandburg, and now returns to North Carolina in this special issue.
Review Jack Hirschman Rene Char Stella Vinitchi Radulescu Thomas Rain Crowe Kathryn Stripling Byer Keith Flynn Ryan G. Van Cleave Al Maginnes Robert Bly Janice Moore Fuller Emöke Z. B’Racz Ron Rash Lyn Lifshin Thomas P. Feeny William Matthews Newton Smith Spanish Bill Knott Hungarian Lee Ann Brown Luke Hankins Sally Buckner J. W. Bonner Emmanuel Moses Patrick Bizzaro Dede Wilson Patricia Smith Michael Harper Marilyn Hacker Simon Perchik Eugenio Montale Essay Jonathan Williams Russian Quincy Troupe R. T. Smith Jonathan Greene Marilyn Kallet Phebe Davidson Jeffery Beam Welsh Gaylord Brewer Robert Creeley Gearóid Mac Lochlainn