This is the second issue of The Reater. Started in winter 1997 it brings together challenging new British writing with the best of Southern California. It features established names alongside newcomers. Interleaved among the poetry and prose are interviews, reviews, and striking illustrations. The Reater is also an outlet for new and reprinted material by the great names of L.A./Long Beach literature: Charles Bukowski, Gerald Locklin, Fred Voss, Joan Jobe Smith and others. Jules Smith, Charles Bukowski, Labi Siffre, Seamus Curran, Ian Parks, Rosemary Palmeira, Gerald Locklin, Fred Voss, Joan Jobe Smith amongst others.