Since its founding in 1969 by William Packard, The New York Quarterly has been devoted to excellence in the publication of a unique and fervent cross-section of contemporary American poetry regardless of school of thought, style, or genre. Our only concern is to focus on the craft that underlies effective poetry writing. The New York Quarterly features works by both known and emerging poets. The NYQ Craft Interviews present the views of some of our most outstanding poets on the general subjects of style, prosody and technique. The issues are rounded out with an essay or two on the subject of contemporary American poetry that is both accessible and meaningful to readers, poets, students, and teachers of poetry alike. NYQ 53 features a craft interview with May Sarton, an editorial on women (part 2), and poetry by Karl Shapiro, Charles Bukowski, Michael Moriarty, Lyn Lifshin, James Laughlin, Colette Inez, Michael Benedikt, Antler, Lola Haskins, Edmund Pennant, Richard Kostelanetz, Anna Adams, Lewis Turco, Harold Witt, Gina Bergamino, Ethan Gilsdorf, Patricia Covey, Norman Stock, Daniel Zimmerman, Elisavietta Ritchie, David Levine, David Lawson, Dan Memmolo, Charles O'Hay, Carol Purdy, Kristan Bock, Luke Anthony, John Sokol, Suzanne A. Solomon, Beaird Glover, Jack Shadoian, Rodney Torreson, Bethany Saltman, Becca Hensley, Barbara Weisberg, M. C. Watson, Alison Stone, Tony Gloeggler, David Wolf, Linda Young, Victoria McCabe, Alice Anderson, Ben Anderson, Tony Quagliano, Christine Hall, Mark Reynolds, J. G. Brister, Michael Estabrook, Jackie Gavron, William Packard, Jennifer Drake, Margaret Gilbert, Thomas Heise, Tom Rockwell, Nicolas Baert, Carolyn Slapikas, and Jean Balderston.