Texts:
- Allen Ginsberg – Howl, and Other Poems
- Robert Creeley – selected poems and essays
- James Baldwin – “Going to Meet the Man,” No Name in the Street, selections
- Gwendolyn Brooks – selected poetry
- Toni Cade Bambara – Gorilla, My Love
- Adrienne Rich – selected poems
- E.L. Doctorow – The Book of Daniel