Authors of supporting letters include: Edward P. Nolan (University of Colorado, Boulder), Charles Tomlinson (University of Bristol), Edward F. Grier (University of Kansas), Donald Wesling (University of California, San Diego), A. Kingsley Weatherhead (University of Oregon), Marjorie Perloff (University of Southern California), Michael Davidson (University of California, San Diego), Sherman Paul (University of Iowa), J.H. Prynne (Cambridge University), Robert von Hallberg (University of Chicago), Stan Brakhage, George F. Butterick (University of Connecticut), Robert J. Bertholf (State University of New York at Buffalo), Robert Creeley (State University of New York at Buffalo), Don Byrd (State University of New York at Albany), Guy Davenport, Richard Brautigan, Peter Quartermain (University of British Columbia), Sidney Goldfarb (University of Colorado), George B. Moore (University of Colorado), and teaching evaluations from Dorn's former students.