This comprehensive history of the Los Angeles poetry scene from the 1950s to the 1990s appears for the first time in English in Mindy Menjou and George Drury Smith's skillful translation. The book includes a DVD copy of Innerscapes, 10 Portraits of Los Angeles Poets, a documentary made by the author in Los Angeles from 1986-88. A scholar of American Studies, Sophie Rachmuhl is Maître de Conférences (Associate Professor) at the Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France