Larry Beckett’s poetry has appeared in Salamander, Field, Zyzzyva, and the anthology Portland Lights. His books include Songs and Sonnets; the book-length poems Paul Bunyan, Wyatt Earp, and Amelia Earhart, which are included in the epic American Cycle; and a study of the San Francisco renaissance, Beat Poetry. Jonah Raskin (who is currently non-fiction editor of Caveat Lector) writes: “With American Cycle, Beckett lays claim to join the company of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.”