New York: Scribner, (1997.). A collection of 75 poems, reflecting the diversity of America - from Sherman Alexie and Ai through to Lewis Warsh and Charles Wright. Also includes contributions from Gillian Conoly, Amy Gerstler, Dana Gioia, Jorie Graham, Allen Ginsberg, Lawson Fusao Inada, Larry Levis, Yusef Komunyakaa, Charlie Smith, Derek Walcott, Jayne Cortez, Donald Hall and many others. David Lehman is the series editor.Õ Includes extensive contributors' notes and comments and a cumulative series index. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-684-81451X.

New York: Twayne, (1956). Hardcover first edition - A collection of student poetry from the Manhattan area, sponsored by a Riverside Church. Includes poems by Jack Hirschman, Alan Gross,Jane Philips and many more. Introduction by Stanley R. Hopper. 83 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A poetry anthology especially for young adults - "Drawing on poems both serious and silly and poets from Shakespeare to Lucille Clifton, The Body Eclectic looks at what our bodies are, what they are not, how we love them and taunt them, what they give us, and what they take away." More than 70 poems, including selections from Sandra Cisneros, Gary Soto, Li-Young Lee, William Stafford, Jane Hirshfield, Sherman Alexie, Thomas Hardy and many more. SIGNED by TWO contributors: on the title page by the editor, Patrice Vecchione and by Gary Soto at his poem "Black Hair." Introduction and biographical notes with suggestions for further readings. Index of authors and titles, 192 pp. ISBN: 0-805069356.

Albuquerque. NM: Hawkeye Press, (1980). First edition - A collaborative work by these four former residents of Berkeley - includes poetry by Judy Wells, prose poems by Carla Kandinsky and a short story by Ralph Dranow, illustrated with drawings by Donna Duguay.