"In this extraordinary collection, I found a letter written on the day my son was conceived. His moment to choose earth, ours to choose heaven. In the travel between dialogues, between the lessons in these letters, maybe our past gets revealed as students floating in the other's eye." — Edwin Torres

Letters to Poets makes a highly engaging text for both literature and creative writing courses. Below is a sample syllabus that includes writing exercises for each set of poets. Letters to Poets has been taught at Eugene Lang College, San Francisco State University, University of San Francisco, California Summer School for the Arts and elsewhere.