About the Author

Laurence Goldstein is Professor of English at the University of Michigan. In addition to his criticism and poetry, Goldstein is widely respected for his work as editor of the Michigan Quarterly Review from 1977-2000. His books include Writing Ann Arbor: A Literary Anthology, The American Poet at the Movies: A Critical History, and the forthcoming Poetry Los Angeles: Reading the Essential Poems of the City.

Robert Chrisman (1937-2013) was a founding editor of The Black Scholar, a poet and a scholar. He was Professor and Chair of the Black Studies Department at the University of Nebraska, Omaha and also taught at the University of Michigan, Williams College, University of California Berkeley, University of Vermont, and Wayne State University.