The inaugural volume includes poems by Lidija Dimkovska, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Hugo Mujica, Ange Mlinko, Rachel Loden, Charles North, Barbara Jane Reyes, Raymond Queneau, Patricia Smith, and Dean Young; translations by Fanny Howe, Jennifer Scappettone, Adam Sorkin, and Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright.
 
Featured poets Lyn Hejinian and Jack Collom discuss their collaborative work and the hundreds of letters they exchanged after first meeting at Naropa in 1992.
 
“. . . somewhere between highly recommended and essential . . . Zoland Poetry is a reminder of the sudden force that poetry can affect . . .” 
—American Book Review
 
“Only having a local map makes it difficult to see the world. Zoland Poetry is an atlas of literature that shows the importance of reading around the entire world. It is an invaluable book for anyone interested in poetry.” 
—Bei Dao
 
Cover art by Anne Neeley: Palette & Subject III, 1987