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