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 54 features a craft interview with June Jordan, an editorial on women (part 3), an essay by Alison Stone, and poetry by Charles Bukowski, William Packard, David Reeve, Kurt Nimmo, Gay Brewer, Antler, James Broughton, Leo Connellan, Andrew Glaze, Lyn Lifshin, Franz Douskey, James Laughlin, Knute Skinner, John Tagliabue, Vivian Shipley, Linda Tieber, Lynne Savitt, Elisavietta Ritchie, Tom Rockwell, Ethan Gilsdorf, Sanford Fraser, Enid Dame, Gina Bergamino, Alison Stone, Anna Adams, Steven Ajay, Frederick Hudson, Lorie Allred, Kelley van de Plasse, Patricia Covey, Jill Barnes, Linda Young, Margaret Gilbert, Jacquelyn Gavron, Jennifer Harris, M. C. Watson, Stephanie Dickinson, Bethany Saltman, Chris Mortenson, Jean Esteve, Charles O'Hay, Robin Shepard, Todd Kalinski, Gary Goude, Dave Medlinsky, Rolin Jones, Anne Caston, Michael Walls, Roger Armbrust, James Laughlin, Leonard Edgerly, Nancy Hightower, Harold Witt, Jesse Weiner, Anne Trumbore, and Lucy Anderton.