In 1992 the annual Poetry Publication Showcase was begun. “In 1992 the mood was feisty but beleaguered: ‘We few, we happy few, we band of poets’ went the boast. Now there’s a sense that poetry’s making it, moving rapidly to the center(s) of our cultural life. Poets House executive director Lee Briccetti, who dreamed up the Showcase as a way to bring attention to a severely marginalized literary form, hopes the poetry world is poised to take advantage of what she terms ‘a moment of cultural readiness.'” – The Nation