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