Idea Vilariño (tr. from Spanish by Jesse Lee Kercheval):
Carolyn Kizer:
Frank O’Hara:
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Gerald Stern:
Louise Bogan:
Little Hat Jones, “Bye Bye Baby Blues,” rec. June 14, 1930:
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