sˈaɪɾᵻd baɪ ɹˈoʊlɪŋ stˈoʊn æz "ðə mˈoʊst ɪmpˈoːɹtənt pˈoʊɪtɹi mˌæɡɐzˈiːn ɪn ɐmˈɛɹɪkə," ðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk kwˈɔːɹɾɚli ˈɜːnd ɐ ɹˌɛpjuːtˈeɪʃən fɔːɹ ˈɛksələns baɪ pˈʌblɪʃɪŋ pˈoʊᵻmz, ænd fɔːɹ ɪts “ɛksˈɛpʃənəl ɪndˈɛpθ ˈɪntɚvjˌuːz” wɪððə pɹˈɑːmɪnənt pˈoʊɪts dˈʌbəljˌuː. ˈeɪtʃ. ˈɔːdən, dʒˈɑːn ˈæʃbɚɹi, pˈɔːl blˈækbɜːn, ɹˈɪtʃɚd ˈɛbɚhˌɑːɹt, stˈænli kjˈuːnɪts, ˈæn sˈɛkstən, fɹˈænts dˈaʊski, tʃˈɑːɹlz bjuːkˈaʊski, ænd dˈʌbəljˌuː.ˈɛs. mˈɜːwɪn, ɐmˌʌŋ mˈɛni ˈʌðɚz.
Cited by Rolling Stone as "the most important poetry magazine in America," the New York Quarterly earned a reputation for excellence by publishing poems, and for its “exceptional in-depth interviews” with the prominent poets W. H. Auden, John Ashbery, Paul Blackburn, Richard Eberhart, Stanley Kunitz, Anne Sexton, Franz Douskey, Charles Bukowski, and W.S. Merwin, among many others.