Contemporary Poets

Profiles Index

Philip Levine
A reference page on Philip Levine, poet of the working class & long-time poetry teacher at California State University Fresno, in but not of the Beat generation.

Louise Glück
A reference page on Louise Gluck, U.S. Poet Laureate 2003-2004

Cid Corman
A reference page on Cid Corman (1924 - 2004), beloved & amazingly prolific poet, translator, essayist & independent publisher, postmark Kyoto, Japan.

Thom Gunn
A reference page on Thom Gunn (1929 - 2004), British expatriate in California, honored & accomplished poet of "anti-poetic" subjects from Elvis to motorcycles to drugs to AIDS.