Profiles twenty-six Surrealist poets, including Louis Aragon, Andr? Breton, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Neruda, and James Tate, and provides a brief biography of each poet and a list of their works and achievements.
Presents interviews with twelve significant contemporary poets, including Seamus Heaney, Donald Hall, Rita Dove, and Bei Dao, about their lives and their craft.
Presents the poems of twenty-four contemporary poets such as Allen Ginsberg, Ntozake Shange, and William S. Burroughs. Features the printed text of each poem and a movie of the author reading his work. Includes some brief interviews.