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