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