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