"The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church was founded in 1966 for the overlapping circles of poets in the Lower East Side of New York. These interviews from The Poetry Project Newsletter form a kind of conversation over time between some of the late 20th century's most influential poets and artists, who have come together in this legendary venue over the past 50 years. Includes interviews with Charles North, Anne Waldman, Bernadette Mayer, David Rattray,...

This book, which originated out of Voice of America radio talks, contains 31 articles, three interviews (with Allen Ginsberg, Kenneth Koch, Eric Bentley), eight conversations with diverse writers and groups, and four literary self-portraits (Irwin Faust, William Burroughs, Donald Hall, Dick Higgins), plus a detailed and annotated bibliography. The articles range broadly over such key figures as Gertrude Stein, Henry Miller, Langston Hughes, Kenneth...