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 65** features a craft interview with David Sahpiro; an interview with Barney Rosset; an editorial, "The Torch is Passed"; an essay by Melanie Lynn Moro-Huber: "Checking the Pulse of Poetry Today"; memorials for Dave Church, W. D. Snodgrass and John Updike; and poetry by David Shapiro, Grace Zabriskie, Fred Yannantuono, Dennis Bernstein, Bruce Weigl, Marge Piercy, Bob Hicok, Ted Jonathan, Christine Ann Cuccio, William Meyer, Jr., Mather Schneider, Dorianne Laux, Justin Marks, Mark Bibbins, Iris Lee, Carol Hamilton, Katherine M. Hedeen, Jesús Munárriz, Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, Jayne Lyn Stahl, Shya Scanlon, Donald Lev, Tony Gloeggler, Christopher Cunningham, Ira Joe Fisher, melissa christine goodrum, Douglas Treem, Yvonne Lieblein, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Eileen Hennessy, Jackie Sheeler, Lisa Palma, Eric Gansworth, Bruce Ducker, Lyn Lifshin, Tom Benediktsson, Tom C. Hunley, Jim Daniels, Gordon Massman, Michael Lee Phillips, Jim Reese, Robert Simon, Scott Odom, Mary Dezember, Franz Douskey, William Baer, Jr., Kim Bridgford, Andrés Rodríguez, Scott Bailey, Trey Conatser, Andrew Kaufman, Jennifer Banash, Elisavietta Ritchie, A. D. Winans, Matt Zambito, Norman Stock, Luke Johnson, Yoon Sik Kim, Cathryn Cofell, Leslieann Hobayan, Lynne Savitt, Thomas Rockwell, Monique Ferrell, Shelley Stenhouse, Andrea Adam Brott, David James, Traci Clark, Christopher Goodrich, Laurence Loeb, Charity Henderson, Susan Denning, Terence Winch, Liz Kicak, Susan Scutti, Dave Church, Rynn Williams, R. D. Coleman, Antler, Caroline Conway, Sampson Starkweather, Marlene Rosen Fine, Matthew Zapruder, Savonna Smith, Justin Scupine, Emanuel diPasquale, Ryan Crawford, Anne Elliott, Linda Tieber, Jeff Grimshaw, Nancy Carol Moody, Stephen Stepanchev, Hedy Habra, Hari Bhajan Khalsa, William Taylor, Jr., EJ Miller Laino,John McKernan, Gerald Locklin, Tim McLoughlin, Professor Arturo, Peter Arcese, Stephen S. Mills, Urayoán Noel, Steve Henn, April Puciata, Scott Weaver, John L. Stanizzi, Ulf Kirchdorfer, Sharon Olinka, Seth Abramson, Naomi Levine, Jason Tandon, and Christian Barter.