Issue eight of "La-bas : A Newsletter of Poetry & Poetics," published in the summer of 1977, edited by Douglas Messerli. Poetry by Daisy Aldan, Jackson Allen, Barry Alpert, Carolyn Canon, Michael Creedon, Dave Evans, Grant Fisher, David Gitin, Jack Grady, Ted Greenwald, Stuart Kaufman, Mervin Lane, Rich Murphy, Opal Nations, Ron Rector and J. Reynolds. Commentary: "Two, Real," William J. Higginson on Phillip Lopate; "Writing the Line," Ron Silliman on Ray DiPalma; and "Selected New Books."