"Individual entries on Richard Kostelanetz's work in several fields appear in various editions of A Readers Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers (ed. Peter Parker, Oxford), The Chronology of American Literature (Houghton Mifflin), The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature, Contemporary Poets, Contemporary Jewish-American Dramatists and Poets, Contemporary Novelists, Postmodern Fiction, Webster's Dictionary of American Writers, The HarperCollins Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature, The Facts on File Companion to 20th Century Poetry, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Directory of American Scholars, Who's Who in U.S. Writers, Editors, and Poets, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in theWorld, Who's Who in American Art, NNDB.com, and the Encyclopedia Britannica, among other distinguished directories. When the publishers listed in the annual Directory of American Poetry Publishers (Dustbooks) have been asked to name five poets they printed recently, he generally ranks between numbers three and six, with twenty votes."--Publisher's website.