Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. Edited by Lisa Birman with an introduction by Bill Berkson and afterword by Anne Waldman. Frances LeFevre's reports on Bill Berkson's poetry class at the New School, sent to her daughter Anne Waldman, then an undergraduate at Bennington. These lively letters detail Berkson's assignments and mention such fellow classmates as Bernadette Mayer, Hannah Weiner, and Peter Schjeldahl. Not to mention the occasional shopping trip...