Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Philip Levine 3
From How Much Earth, 2001 Philip Levine
"An Interview with Philip Levine," 1977 Rex Burwell Gordon Preston
"Keeping Faith: An Interview with Philip Levine," 1986 Richard Jackson
"Putting the People In: An Interview with Philip Levine," 1989 Joyce Jenkins
From "A Conversation with Philip Levine," 1996 Christopher Buckley
"The Unwritten Biography: Philip Levine and Edward Hirsch in Conversation," 2001 Edward Hirsch
"The Magic of Failure," 2013 Jon Veinberg
"Philip Levine," 1990 Larry Levis
"Philip Levine," 2013 Peter Everwine, "Remarks on Philip Levine: On the Occasion of the Ceremony in His Honor as Poet Laureate," Fresno State University, January 28, 2012 C.G. Hanzlicek
Peter Everwine 39
From Pulling the Invisible but Heavy Cart, 2019 Philip Levine
"Feeling Back to that Voice: An Interview with Peter Everwine," 1979 Jon Veinberg Christopher Buckley
"In the Moment: An Interview with Peter Everwine," 2016 Jon Veinberg Christopher Buckley
"A KR Conversation/short interview (with Peter Everwine)," 2018 Claire Oleson
From What Will Suffice, 1995 Peter Everwine
From How Much Earth, 2001 Peter Everwine
Concerning "In the Last Days", 2005 Peter Everwine
From Bear Flag Republic, 2008 Peter Everwine
From Aspects of Robinson, 2011 Peter Everwine
"How It Was," from Pulling the Invisible but Heavy Cart, 2019 David St. John
From Pulling the Invisible but Heavy Cart, 2019 C.G. Hanzlicek
C.G. Hanzlicek 62
From How Much Earth, 2001 C.G. Hanzlicek
From Bear Flag Republic, 2008 C.G. Hanzlicek
"Interview: Chuck Hanzlicek" 2006 Sallie Perez Saiz
"An Interview with Maria Bosch," 2018 Maria Bosch
"Constellation of Memory: An Interview with C.G. Hanzlicek," 2019 Christopher Buckley
Lawson Fusao Inada 82
From Down at the Santa Fe Depot, 1970 Lawson Fusao Inada
From How Much Earth, 2001 Lawson Fusao Inada
"The Surprising Chill," from Coming Close, 2013 Lawson Fusao Inada
Sherley Anne Williams 85
From The Geography of Home: California's Poetry of Place, 1999 Sherley Anne Williams
"The wishon line" from Piecework: 19 Fresno Poets, 1987 Sherley Anne Williams
From "Sherley Williams-from Fresno to La Jolla: Raised not to Hope too Hard" Jangchup Phelgyal
C.W. Moulton 92
From Piecework: 19 Fresno Poets, 1987 C.W Moulton
"Try to Save the Fresno Bluffs and San Joaquin River Bottom from the Land Developers Poem" from Lion in the Fire, 1996 C.W Moulton
"Foreward," from Lion in the Fire, 1996 Philip Levine
Michael Clifton 97
From How Much Earth, 2001 Michael Clifton
"Right by Yettem," 2020 Michael Clifton
James Baloian 101
From How Much Earth, 2001 James Baloian
"Looking Back at the Past," 2020 James Baloian
Thomas Emery 106
"Phil Levine in Fresno," 2019 Thomas Emery
Glover Davis 112
From FIRST LIGHT, 2013 Glover Davis
"Introduction: Glover Davis" and Spring Drive David St. John
"An Interview with Glover Davis," 2019 Gordon Preston Christopher Buckley
Dennis Saleh 125
From Down At the Santa Fe Depot, 1970 Dennis Saleh
From How Much Earth, 2001 Dennis Saleh
"Poetry Fresno: A Precis," 2020 Dennis Saleh
De Wayne Rail 129
"Interview with DeWayne Rail," 1999 Muffy Bolding
"Tuesday Nights, 7-10 pm" DeWayne Rail
Sam Pereira 137
"A Fantastic American Swagger: Interview with Sam Pereira" Millicent Borges Accardi
"Sam Pereira Interview" Al Maginnes
"Breathing In and Out," 2019 Sam Pereira
Larry Levis 146
From "Philip Levine," from A Condition of the Spirit, 2004 Larry Levis
From A Condition of the Spirit, 2004 Peter Everwine Larry Levis
"After the Obsession with some Beloved Figure: An Interview with Larry Levis," 2004 Leslie Kelen
From "An Interview by David Wojahn," 1982 David Wojahn
"An Interview with Larry Levis," 2003 Michael White
"An Afterword," from The Darkening Trapeze, 2016 David St. John
From A Condition of the Spirit, 2004 Philip Levine "Larry Levis"
David St. John 182
From How Much Earth, 2001 David St. John
"Philip Levine and the Hands of Time," 2013 David St. John
From "An Interview with David St. John," 1984 David Wojahn
"David St. John's The Last Troubador: New and Selected Poems: An Interview by Michael Juliani" Michael Juliani
Robert Mezey 213
From How Much Earth, 2001 Robert Mezey
"Interview with Bob Mezey," 2012 Laura L. Jays Hoopes
B.H.Boston 216
From Down at the Santa Fe Depot, 1970 B.H. Boston
From How Much Earth, 2001 B.H Boston
"Changed Utterly," 2013 B.H. Boston
"Gifts and Remembrances," 2004 B.H. Boston
Luis Omar Salinas 226
"Foreword," from Messenger to the Stars, 2014 Christopher Buckley
"Looking for Omar" Gary Soto
"A Minute with Brother Omar," 2014 Juan Felipe Herrera
"Interview with Cindy Veach," from Northwest Review, 1982 Cindy Veach
"Any Good Fortune: An Interview with Luis Omar Salinas," 2002 Christopher Buckley
"Afterword, The Unaffected Soul," from Messenger to the Stars, 2014 Jon Veinberg
David Oliveira 247
"Poet's Statement," 2020 David Oliveira
"An Interview with David Oliveira-A Fresno Poet," 2019 Reinaldo Francisco Silva
Roberta Spear 255
From Down at the Santa Fe Depot, 1970 Roberta Spear
From The Geography of Home, 1999 Roberta Spear
From How Much Earth, 2001 Roberta Spear
"Introduction" from A Sweetness Rising Philip Levine
Greg Pape 263
From Piecework: 19 Fresno Poets, 1987 Greg Pape
From How Much Earth, 2001 Greg Pape
Finding Levine, 2013 Greg Pape
"The Opening Within Us: An Interview with Greg Pape," 1984 Richard Jackson
"An Arched and Lighted Entrance: An Interview with Greg Pape," 2013 Drew Pomeroy
Suzanne Lummis 273
From How Much Earth, 2001 Suzanne Lummis
"Open 24 Hours: An Interview with Suzanne Lummis" 2014 Georgia Jones-Davis
"An Interview with Suzanne Lummis," 2014 Olga Garcia Echeverria
Sandra Hoben 281
From Horn Much Earth, 2001 Sandra Hoben
"Philip Levine: The Proof of my Patience," 2013 Sandra Hoben
Ernesto Trejo 286
From Piecework: 19 Fresno Poets, 1987 Ernesto Trejo
"An Interview with Ernesto Trejo" for Arte en Palabra Eleanor Lazardo
"Dictioinary of Literary Biography" Christopher Buckley Ernesto Trejo
From Tarumba: Selected Poems of Jaime Sabines, "Afterword Ernesto Trejo and the Making of Tarumba" Philip Levine
Gary Soto 298
From Piecework: 19 Fresno Poets, 1987 Gary Soto
From The Geography of Home, 1999 Gary Soto
From How Much Earth, 2001 Gary Soto
"Where Can You Go? An Interview with Gary Soto," 1998 Christopher Buckley
"Simple Beauty: The Honest Work of Gary Soto," 2019 Maggie Paul
"The Elements of San Joaquin by Gary Soto," 2019 Angel Garcia
Jon Veinberg 311
From Piecework: 19 Fresno Poets, 1987 Jon Veinberg
From What Will Suffice, 1995 Jon Veinberg
From How Much Earth, 2001 Jon Veinberg
From Bear Flag Republic, 2008 Jon Veinberg
From "My Great Good Luck: Jon Veinberg 1947-2017" Christopher Buckley
"In Conversation with Jon Veinberg," 2015 J.J. Hernandez
Christopher Buckley 319
From "Levine y yo," 2013 Christopher Buckley
From "An Interview with Christopher Buckley," 2001 Maggie Paul
From "An Interview with Christopher Buckley" Al Maginnes
From Star Journal, "Interview Questions," 2016 Alexander Long
"Fresno" 2012 Christopher Buckley
"My Teachers," 2019 Christopher Buckley
Jean Janzen 350
From The Geography of Home, 1999 Jean Janzen
From How Much Earth, 2001 Jean Janzen
From FIRST LIGHT, 2013 Jean Janzen
"Entering the Wild with Poetry," 2020 Jean Janzen
Kathy Fagan 353
From How Much Earth, 2001 Kathy Fagan
"Homage to Mr. Levine," 2013 Kathy Fagan
"Interview between Maggie Smith & Kathy Fagan," 2019 Maggie Smith
"Interview between Izzy Montoya Kathy Fagan" Izzy Montoya
Corrinne Clegg Hales 363
From How Much Earth, 2001 Corrinne Clegg Hales
"An Interview with Poet Connie Hales," 2011 David Dominguez
"In the Company of Poets: Fresno 1980s," 2020 Corrinne Clegg Hales
Dixie Salazar 373
From What Will Suffice, 1995 Dixie Salazar
From Bear Flag Republic, 2008 Dixie Salazar
"Finding Poetry in the Fig Orchards of Fresno," 2020 Dixie Salazar
"Interview with Dixie Salazar," 2020 Christopher Buckley
M.L. Williams 384
"Patchwork Elegy" 2020 M.L. Williams
Juan Filipe Herrera 392
From How Much Earth, 2001 Juan Felipe Herrera
From Bear Flag Republic, 2008 Juan Felipe Herrera
From FIRST LIGHT, 2013 Juan Felipe Herrera
"Interview with Juan Felipe Herrera," 2020 Michael Torres Christopher Buckley
Lee Herrick 401
"Fresno taught me to write, dream," 2015 Lee Herrick
"A Normal School Interview with Lee Herrick," 2018 Rebecca Evans
"On Fresno Poetry Influences," 2018 Lee Herrick
