"David Baker has brought together in this remarkable volume some of the most probing and revelatory interviews he has conducted for our pages--interviews that plunge quickly beyond the trivial to the deep concerns, the personal insights, the creative sparks that can ignite in conversation with these marvelous poets." --David Lynn, editor of the Kenyon Review "With his incisive and instructive questions, David Baker is able to draw out responses that touch upon not only the lives and poetic craft of his subjects, but also upon the nature of art and the life of poetry itself. This is without question a must-have volume for everyone who loves American poetry." --David St. John, author of Auroras: New Poems "David Baker, a consummate poet, is also one of our most intelligent, open-minded and readable critics. In this book, at once a personal anthology and a collection of perceptive, lively interviews, he gives readers a sense of the scope of American poetry today, with a keen eye for its convergences as well as its dissents." --Marilyn Hacker, author of Names: Poems