Jonah Raskin is the author of eight poetry chapbooks and a book about Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," titled American Scream; he is also editor of nonfiction at Caveat Lector. He has been writing and performing poetry for more than forty years. He often performs his poetry at Black Bird Books in San Francisco and is available to perform at other events. He can be reached at jonah.raskin@sonoma.edu.