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