American Ava Darling has, since the 1960s, lived in central France, publishes here for the first time in her native country.

A native of Bologna, where she was much involved in theater, Rita degli Esposti has long lived and taught in Venezia. Her work has been translated by many American and English poets, including Tom Raworth.

James Koller is best known as a poet, has read and published widely in western Europe and America. He has shown his art work in Rome and New York. His editorial work includes Coyote Books & Coyote’s Journal (since 1964), and the book review, Otherwise.

The poems printed in this issue by painter and poet Franco Beltrametti (1937 – 1995) were never before published, written in Italian, translated here by Stefan Hyner. Beltrametti was active in Italy, France, California and Japan, as well as his native Ticino.