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