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 Russian Emmanuel Moses Jack Hirschman Gearóid Mac Lochlainn Kathryn Stripling Byer Newton Smith Dede Wilson Ron Rash J. W. Bonner Simon Perchik Michael Harper Stella Vinitchi Radulescu Gaylord Brewer Keith Flynn Jonathan Williams Thomas P. Feeny Jonathan Greene Robert Bly Phebe Davidson Jeffery Beam Eugenio Montale Bill Knott Luke Hankins Janice Moore Fuller Patrick Bizzaro Spanish Sally Buckner Emöke Z. B’Racz Lee Ann Brown Welsh Review Essay Patricia Smith Lyn Lifshin Ryan G. Van Cleave Hungarian Marilyn Hacker Quincy Troupe Marilyn Kallet Al Maginnes Thomas Rain Crowe William Matthews Rene Char Robert Creeley