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