Abe Louise Young has worked for seven years as a writing teacher and a community artist in the movements for peace and social justice. She is a poetry fellow at the James Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas.

About New Letters:
Poets in this issue: Noel Smith, LInda Pastan, Marilyn Kallet, David Wagoner, Abe Louise Young, Brent Dozier, Amy McCann, Jill Osier, Aliki Barnstone, David Clewell, Sonia Gernes, Linda Ramey, Allison Funk, Thomas Zvi Wilson, Anthony Butts, Emmanuel Moses/Marilyn Hacker, Walt McDonald, Charles Harper Webb, Mark Irwin, Jim Daniels, Tim Seibles, Maura Stanton, Anna Boothe, James Ragan, Pia Tafdrup, Jeanie Wilson, Hadara Bar-Nadav, Robert Funge