Philip Lamantia (1927-2005) was an influential Surrealist, Beat, and San Francisco Renaissance poet. He is the author of many books, including PRESERVING FIRE, Erotic Poems, Touch of the Marvelous, Meadowlark West, TAU AND JOURNEY TO THE END, and The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia.
Garrett Caples is the author of many books, most recently POWER BALLADS and RETRIEVALS. He is the co-editor of The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia and is an editor at City Lights Books, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series.