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