Three years in the making, For the Time Being is the first book dedicated specifically to the poetic journal as a genre. Edited by Tyler Doherty and Tom Morgan, the book includes an introduction to the genre, four mini essays on the poetic journal, four interviews with contemporary practitioners of the craft, examples of poetic journals from 29 writers spanning three continents, an essay on teaching the poetic journal, and a comprehensive poetic journal booklist. For the Time Being is meant to function as a valuable resource and introduction to the poetic journal for poets, students, travelers, teachers, and scholars alike.

Highlights include:

* An essay on the poetry of James Schuyler and Philip Whalen by the unofficial Poet Laureate of Boston, Bill Corbett.

* A wide-ranging interview on poetic journals with legendary Beat writer Joanne Kyger.

* A never before published essay on observational writing by long-time Naropa teacher and poet extraordinaire Jack Collom.

* Michael Rothenberg's "Grown Up Cuba!" printed in its entirety.

* Brand new, never-before-published, notebooks from ecopoet and Sanskrit scholar Andrew Schelling.

* Selections from Joel Sloman's "Fat Tuesday" —a poetic journal written in a response to his minor classic, Cuban Journal.

* Extensive selections from Shin Yu Pai's online journals, as well as an interview discussing the roles and affects of web-logs.

* The exquisitely crafted small poems of Thomas A. Clark and Joseph Massey.

* Excellent observationally-driven poems by New Zealand writer Ken Bolton, as well as Australians Laurie Duggan and Pam Brown.