San Francisco poet Meltzer interviews colleagues such as Diane de Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen. The volume also reprints his interviews published 30 years ago in The San Francisco Poet with Kenneth Rexroth, McClure, Ferlinghetti, Willam Everson, and Lew Welch. The result is a chronicle of the 1950s and 1960s beat scene there. It is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)