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 23 features a craft interview with Robert Penn Warren, an editorial on how to submit manuscripts, and poetry by Peter Viereck, May Sarton, Stephen Stepanchev, Russell Edson, Harry Smith, Franz Douskey, Leo Connellan, Naomi Replansky, Charles Bukowski, Vera Lachman, James McGlyn, Rachel Hadas, Daniel Haberman, Rashed Hussein, David Arthur McMurray, Joel Conner Lawrence, Bruce Bennett, Carolyn Anderson, P. Barnett, Terry W. Brown, Laurel Blossom, Tom Crawford, Pamela Oberon Davis, Miriam Flock, Marjorie Finnell, Paul Genega, Ellen Gilchrist, Carol Hansen, Dorsha Hayes, Lola Haskins, Andrew Harvey, Vivian Jokl, William Kushner, Terry Kennedy, David Kirby, Donald Lev, Sharon Olds, Ann Robinson, Elisavietta Ritchie, Carol Purdy, Jarold Ramsey, Marty Ross, Shelley Scott, Sally Sherwin, Norman Stock, Sarah Wilson, Deborah Tall, Rita Valentino, and Herbert Waxman.