"During the '70s, when the Cold War was still on, we invited Voznesensky and Yevtushenko to come here. We had very lar…"

"I'm looking for the binding energy of a look a crop of reflections to be reaped in a winter of thorn when icebergs of…"

"The stars are dreaming but they are laughing I see myself in the smile of a polar bear while turning the pages of an …"

"Lawrence is usually the first poet kids read in schools that they really like. It's a real turn-on for them."

"We have one called Commodity Aesthetics, which is our section on popular culture."

"The most important of the beat poets. He was a really true poet with an original voice, probably the most lyrical of …"

"The old San Francisco is under attack to the point where it's disappearing"

"Maybe a thousand dollars"

"When I joined City Lights in 1971 and started working with Lawrence, it was clear that it had been very much a center…"

"Ginsberg used to stay in the publishing house. Our editorial office had two rooms and a kitchen; it was a tiny place.…"