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