Quarry West was a prominent, student-and-faculty-run literary magazine published by Porter College at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). Founded in the 1970s, it operated for roughly three decades before concluding its run. Featured in this edition include: Zarina hashmi, Cathryn Alpert, Shirley Ancheta, Ellen Bass, Barbara Bloom, Abby Bogomolny, Claire Braz-Valentine, Wilma Marcus Chaandler, Kathryn Metz, Frances Cherman, Ana Chou, Renny Christopher, Lucille Clifton, Lin Florinda Colavin, Lauren Crux, Winifred Heron, Ellen Farmer, Linda Dobson Fox, Frances Tompkins Gallop-Away, Jill Jeffrey Ginghofer, Maris Gitin, Sara Goodrich, Kathleen Guillaume, Gabriella Gutierrez, Frances Hatfield, Elizabeth Williams, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and Akasha (Gloria) Hull. Also Caudia Kenyon, Janice Bridgeman, Rosie King-Smyth, Candida Lawrence, Stephanie Little Wolf, Lynn Luria-Sukenick, Kristin Hayward, Joan McMillan, Maude Meehan, Sharman Murphy, Kimberly Nelson, Ekua Omosupe, Sarah Rabkin, Bernic Rendrick, Maria Alquilar, Irene Reti, Adrienne Rich, Gael Roziere, Bonnie Schell, Julie Connell, ARdena Shankar, Tillie Washburn Shaw, Judith Ortiz Shushan, Darien Payne, Bettianne Shoney Sien, Patti Sirens, Roz Spafford, Dabra Spencer, Carol Staudacher, Dona Luongo Stein, Claudia Sternbach, Amber CoverdaleSumrall, Anne Taylor, Becky Taylor, Veda Ozelle, Dena Taylor, Louise Loots Thornton, Ellen Treen, Patrice Vechione, Sara Walsh, Anita Wilkins, Joan Zimmerman, and Mary Warshaw. Over 100 women who are local writers participated in thie collection called the Muse.