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 66 features craft interviews with Bruce Weigl and Steve Cannon; an essay on Hip-Hop by Michael Cirelli; and poetry by Bruce Weigl, Timothy Liu, Christian Barter, Shya Scanlon, Hosho McCreesh, Stephen Stepanchev, Dorianne Laux, Andrew Kaufman, Douglas Treem, Scott Bailey, Donald Lev, Larry Rogers, Matthew Zapruder, Michael Lee Phillips, Mara Robbins, Marge Piercy, Justin Hyde, Luke Johnson, Stephen Herz, Lyn Lifshin, Sheila Raeschild, Elizabeth Swados, John Kay, Jenna Le, Corrine De Winter, John Hodgen, Amanda J. Bradley, Tim Suermondt, Norman Stock, Kris Bigalk, Sanford Fraser, Llyn Clague, George Held, Clint Margrave, Michael Estabrook, Ulf Kirchdorfer, Andrés Rodríguez, Yoon Sik Kim, Doug Lane, Gordon Massman, Tom Chandler, Ray Stiefvater, Greg Kosmicki, Jennifer Sullivan, William Taylor Jr., Richard Schiffman, Nicole Callihan, Mather Schneider, Jim Daniels, Liz Kicak, John Allman, Bruce Lader, Mark Wisniewski, Jared Smith, William Meyer Jr., Chris Middleman, Leslie Sysko, Elisavietta Ritchie, Marc Tretin, Connor James Lewis, Susan Scutti, James Murphy, Hilary Melton, Iris Lee, Jackie Sheeler, John Teehan, Savonna Smith, Noah Falck, Jayne Lyn Stahl, Michael Spence, Barbara Q. Faust, Tony Gloeggler, Tasia Marie Hane Devore, Mark Begley, Marcia Buffington, Terence Winch, Seth Cosimini, P M F Johnson, Todd Kalinski, Thomas Patrick Levy, Matthew Pennock, Thad DeVassie, Shannon Hamann, BC Harms, Michael T. Corrigan, Amaranth Pavis, Judith Harris, Robert K. Omura, Jeffrey Mumie, Joan Jobe Smith, Kate Murphy, John Rosenmiller, Philip Sparacino, Bridget Gage-Dixon, Anne Piper, Loren Goodman, Jay Baron Nicorvo, Sean Patrick Hill, Michael Salcman, Taylor Graham, Mohammed Saad Ali, Gary Dop, Carol Levin, Mathias Nelson, Laura A. Ciraolo, Thom Satterlee, Tiffany Etter, John Smith, Esta Fischer, Michael Schmeltzer, Bill Howell, Josh Olsen, Michael Montlack, Joseph Radke, R. A. Allen, Mary Reilly, Kelley Vande Plasse, Alison Stone, Vanessa M. Blakeslee, Karina Borowicz, Adam McGavin, J. R. Kangas, Shawnte Orion, Michael A. Flanagan, Kevin Powers, Jeffrey Grinnell, Cathryn Cofell, Alan Catlin, Charles Douthat, M. P. Powers, Todd Christopher Cincala, Joseph Osel, John Blair, Zachary Kluckman, James Grabill, Steven Coughlin, Sara Burge, J. T. Ledbetter, Hedy Habra, Patrick Carrington, Evelyn Posamentier, A. D. Winans, Peter Desy, Brianna Noll, Jeff Worley, Jesse Weiner, Gerald Locklin, Steve Henn, Kristin Sanders, Richard Buhr, Kevin Griffith, Travis Mossotti, Harry Hettmannsperger, Joshua Beckman, Elissa Errick, Bruce Cohen, Tara Bray, Emanuel di Pasquale, Verónica Reyes, Kelly Talbot, J. C. Ellefson, George Witte, Kristin Bock, Nancy Scott, Karen Ladd-Picou, Michael Miller, Jay Marvin, Sally Molini, Doug Ramspeck, Jim Reese, Paul Genega, Elizabeth Kay, Okla Elliott, Cerrisa Snethen, Ryan Crawford, Bruce Edward Taylor, Maria Nazos, Evan Beaty, Elizabeth Klise von Zerneck, Tony Demarest, Nancy Carol Moody, Ira Joe Fisher, Grace Zabriskie, Elisabeth Murawski, Lynne Savitt, Eric Roy, Scott Keeney, Fred Yannantuono, and Michael Cirelli.