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 61 features a second craft interview with W. D. Snodgrass; an editorial on language and poetry; an essay, "Three Rooms," by Justin Marks; and poetry by W.D. Snodgrass, Charles Bukowski, Denis Johnson, Douglas Treem, Antler, David Lehman, Gary Goude, Lyn Lifshin, Amanda J. Bradley, Donald Lev, Sascha Feinstein, Mookie Katigbak, Timothy Liu, Deirdre Dore, Tony Quagliano, Kevin Pilkington, Ira Joe Fisher, Jared Smith, Richard Kostelanetz, William Baer, Hawa Allan, Cynthia Atkins, Tom Baas, Philip Cioffari, Peter Arcese, Phillip Henry Christopher, Ron Thomas, Ted Jonathan, Jim Reese, Alyssa Purdy, Gail Gertrude Miller, Ian Johnson, Angelo Verga, Shelley Stenhouse, Douglas Goetsch, Sanford Fraser, Tony Gloeggler, Bill Zavatsky, Michael Cirelli, Ray Collins, Emily Brungo, Sommer Browning, Paul Hicks, Daniel Connor, Miljenko Horvat, Donovan Hufnagle, Jennifer Gresham, Reginald Sinclair Lewis, Justin Marks, Tom Lombardo, Iris Lee, Scott Odom, Nancy Carol Moody, Carol Purdy, William Meyer Jr., Joanne Joseph, Eric Seddon, Kristen Tracy, Stephen Sundin, John Tagliabue, Melinda Thomsen, Rynn Williams, Fred Yannantuono, Craig Sernotti, Virgil Suárez, Chris Tonelli, Yoon Sik Kim, Michael Pegausch, August Kleinzahler, and Franz Wright.