Volume 9, Number 3 Summer 2008 THE FOREBEARS ISSUE Celebrating Washington DC's Literary History This issue of Beltway Poetry Quarterly, the third in an ongoing series, celebrates the rich and diverse literary history of Washington, DC with essays that celebrate individuals and locations important to their work. All the authors in this issue have passed away, but their legacies remain strong, and they continue to influence the city's writers and serve as important models. A few of these poets were more famous for other things (Ambrose Bierce for his journalism and fiction, Owen Dodson for his plays, Jim Morrison for rock-and-roll), but all were committed to their poetry as well. And all called this region home. Essays include biographical and bibliographical information, photos, links, and poems. Table of Contents DC Authors' Houses: A Photo Essay by Kim Roberts and Dan Vera Owen Dodson: An African American Classic by Taquiena Boston and Vera J. Katz A Good Opinion of Ambrose Bierce by M.A. Schaffner Let Us Now Praise Famous Women: Remembering Ann Darr by Grace Cavalieri A Black Girl Sings: Gwendolyn Bennett in the Harlem Renaissance by Olivia Barbee The Poet's Cabin: Joaquin Miller in Washington by Kathi Morrison-Taylor Leon-Gontran Damas: Reclaiming Identity by Myra Sklarew Gabrielle Edgcomb (1926-1996) by Merrill Leffler John "Gunboat" Pauker (1920-1991) by Elisavietta Ritchie Coffee, Confusion and Jim Morrison: The Forgotten History of Hip Coffee House and Beatnik Poets in the Nation's Capital by Mark Opsasnick