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.
Bill Knott Ryan G. Van Cleave Russian Marilyn Kallet Keith Flynn Hungarian Thomas P. Feeny Rene Char Emöke Z. B’Racz Essay Review Lyn Lifshin Jonathan Greene Lee Ann Brown Welsh Robert Bly Michael Harper Quincy Troupe Robert Creeley Gaylord Brewer R. T. Smith Spanish Luke Hankins Sally Buckner Gearóid Mac Lochlainn Marilyn Hacker Patricia Smith J. W. Bonner Thomas Rain Crowe Phebe Davidson Simon Perchik Al Maginnes Stella Vinitchi Radulescu Jonathan Williams Jeffery Beam Jack Hirschman Janice Moore Fuller Newton Smith Kathryn Stripling Byer Patrick Bizzaro Ron Rash Emmanuel Moses William Matthews Eugenio Montale Dede Wilson