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 64 features two craft interviews, one with Marge Piercy and another with David Lehman; an editorial, "My Time with William Packard"; two essays by F. D. Reeve: "Croesus & Crisis" and "What's the Matter with Poetry?"; and poetry by George Bilgere, Marge Piercy, David Lehman, John Amen, Matthew Zapruder, Sam Magavern, Dorianne Laux, Donald Lev, Fred Yannantuono, Grace Zabriskie, Bruce Weigl, F. D. Reeve, A. D. Winans, Douglas Treem, Justin Marks, Urayoán Noel, Robert Nazarene, Tony Gloeggler, Shya Scanlon, Eileen Hennessy, Stephanie Dickinson, Christopher Cunningham, Kaveh Akbar, Bob Hicok, Joanna Fuhrman, Nicole Callihan, Jackie Sheeler, Craig Fishbane, Sampson Starkweather, Norman Stock, Jayne Lyn Stahl, Michael Walsh, Oren Wagner, Elisavietta Ritchie, Jason Tandon, Eliot Katz, Dennis J. Bernstein, Iris Lee, Philip Hickman, Greg Schwartz, Jennifer K. Sweeney, Zebulon Huset, Stephen Cramer, Lauren Lawrence, Christopher Goodrich, Shane Allison, Erica Miriam Fabri, Colette Inez, Joseph Heithaus, Mookie Katigbak, Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Gordon Massman, William Meyer, Jr., Cheryl Pallant, Kathi Morrison-Taylor, Judi A. Rypma, Chip Livingston, Angelika Quirk, Jim Reese, Melita Schaum, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Pat Schneider, Alison Stone, William Taylor, Jr., Lynne Savitt, Cathy McCabe, Lyn Lifshin, Holly Interlandi, Scott Odom, Ted Jonathan, Bill Garvey, Steve Henn, Josefine Kals, Allison deFreese, Judith Rowe Michaels, Doug Martin, Julie Moulds, Elisabeth Murawski, Graham Hillard, Mary Ann Samyn, R. K. Wallace, Matt Morris, Yoon Sik Kim, Stephen Stepanchev, Daniel J. Langton, Gerald Locklin, Maria Lisella, Lisa Palma, April Puciata, Chris Souza, Gayle Elen Harvey, John Tagliabue, Alister Sanderson, Ken Waldman, Delisa Mulkey, Ryan G. Van Cleave, Joel Allegretti, Kristen Tracy, Christine Ann Cuccio, Carol Hattrup, Yu Yan Chen, Elizabeth Swados, Jared Harel, Sue Payne, Michael Quattrone, Paul Notzka, Patrick Carrington, Tony Quagliano, Douglas Goetsch, Lewis Turco, Michael Montlack, Brian Hendrickson, Emily Kendal Frey, Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, Katherine M. Hedeen, Stan Badgett, Laurence Loeb, Stephen Herz, C. C. Russell, Tasia Marie Hane, Andrea O'Brien, Robert Schultz, Lauren Fanelli, and Andrea M. Lockett.