Perkins has 1972 to date. Limited to living authors. For each writer there is a brief biographical sketch, a bibliography of published works, a comment by writers who chose to make one, and a critical essay by a contemporary scholar. Perkins has 1970 to date. Provides bio-bibliographical information on more than 1,000 poets currently writing in the English language.
Some entries give locations of manuscript collections.
Has title index. Perkins has 1978 to date. Major reference series which includes authors from various nations and time periods. Scarecrow Press, 1978. First edition published in 1978 and second in 1990.