* This book will appeal to the Waldman fanatic as well as broaden her reach to students of the creative process. * What if Brenda Ueland or Julia Cameron had sipped cappucinos with Allen Ginsberg and Ted Berrigan? This is a how to write book as only Anne Waldman can do it. * Selected interviews, essays, and reviews by a major figure in contemporary poetry and poetics; a first and only collection. * Buddhism, Naropa, Beats, New York School, Language School, and more. * Praise for Iovis: * Monumental improvisation, epic length, major work by a major poet -Allen Ginsberg * Moves through time space with specifity and force. -Diane di Prima