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