The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia represents the lifework of the most visionary poet of the American postwar generation. Philip Lamantia (1927-2005) played

"A selection of prose writing from American poet Philip Lamantia (1927-2005), edited by poet Garrett Caples"--

The first collected edition of this poet's work, including poems that have been out of print for more than forty years.

"In these intimate, free-wheeling conversations, a baker's dozen of the poets of San Francisco talk about the scene then and now, the traditions of poetry, and