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 31 features a craft interview with Judy Collins, an editorial on prescription medications, an essay by Richard Kostelanetz, and poetry by Knute Skinner, Richard Eberhart, Anna Adams, Stephen Stepanchev, John Tagliabue, Charles Bukowski, Robert Peters, Leo Connellan, Macdonald Carey, Rudolf Wittenberg, James Lewisohn, Richard Kostelanetz, Tony Gloeggler, Lyn Lifshin, Walter James Miller, Sanford Fraser, J. Kates, Patricia Farewell, Antonio T. de Nicolas, Rita Holz, David Gelsanliter, Rita Chabot, Carol Jennings, Ann Chernow, Nancy Shiffrin, Lisa Bartlett, John Stickney, and Daryl Rogers.