In this diverse anthology, over 80 of the Golden State's finest poets hold forth on the theme of crows and ravens -- offering passionate, vivid, sometimes humorous, and ever-surprising views of these common yet mysterious birds, called "black as the sun" by Gary Snyder. Among the contributors are the Poet Laureate of California and two Poet Laureates of the United States, as well as leading California poets such as Christopher Buckley, William Everson,...