the magazine has published work by jacob m. appel, margaret atwood, jorge luis borges, richard burgin, robert bly, amy clampitt, robert creeley, rita dove, stephen dunn, clayton eshleman, william h. gass, albert goldbarth, allen ginsberg, donald hall, robert hass, john hollander, jane ellen ibur, rodney jones, yusef komunyakaa, ted kooser, maxine kumin, li-young lee, czesław miłosz, thylias moss, howard nemerov, sharon olds, octavio paz, molly peacock, carl phillips, adrienne rich, jerome rothenberg, alan shapiro, ntozake shange, charles simic, george singleton, gary snyder, susan sontag, william stafford, may swenson, arthur sze, wisława szymborska, mona van duyn, and derek walcott.