Category: Fall 2011 Issue
Robert Kelly
after receiving an undergraduate degree in 1955 from the City College of the City University of New York, he studied for three years at Columbia
Ilya Kaminsky
was born in Odessa, former Soviet Union in 1977, and came to the United States in 1993, when his family was granted asylum by the American
Hettie Jones
her twenty – four books include her Beat memoir, How I Became Hettie Jones; Drive, which won the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber
Jen Hofer
is a Los Angeles based poet, translator, interpreter, teacher, knitter, bookmaker, public letter – writer, and urban cyclist. Her most
Jonathan Greene
born in New York City in 1943 he earned his B.A. in literature from Bard College and went on to study poetry with Robert Lowell and folklore with
Diane di Prima
born in Brooklyn, New York, she is, undeniably, the most well – known female Beat poet. She attended Swarthmore College, then moved to
Mei – Mei Berssenbrugge
was born in Beijing, China in 1947 and grew up in Massachusetts. Among her books are The Heat Bird (Burning Deck 1983) and Random Possession,
Bill Berkson
his most recent books include Portrait and Dream: New & Selected Poems; a collection of art writings, For the Ordinary Artist; Not an Exit,
Amiri Baraka
born in 1934, in Newark, New Jersey, is the author of over 40 books of essays, poems, drama, and music history and criticism, a poet icon and
Book for David Meltzer
by Julie Rogers In your chair, your cave head bent to book your prayer, your cradle quiet lights your eyes, fingertips, bowing spine wooing mind