was born in Casa Grande, Arizona.  He received his M.F.A in Creative Writing Poetry from the University of Massachusetts–Amherst in 2004.  His poetry has appeared in CRATE, Mississippi Review, Redactions, Kulture Vulture, and The Journal of Kentucky Studies.  He teaches at a small college in Williamsburg, Kentucky.

is the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and director of the Korea Institute at Harvard University.  His books include Azaleas (Columbia University Press, 2007), Enough to Say It’s Far (Princeton University Press, Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation, 2006), Traveler Maps: Poems by Ko Un (Tamal Vista Press, 2004), The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry (2004), and Early Korean Literature: Selections and Introductions (2001).  He has published his own poems in such distinguished journals as Poetry, Ploughshares, Descant, and Runes.  His poem “David” was included in the Pushcart Prize Anthology III.  His new book of poems The Way I Wait For You was released by Codhill Press in 2007.

poetry books include White Man Appears on Southern California Beach and Modulations.  His poems have appeared in ACM, The Café Review, Exquisite Corpse, Fell Swoop: The All Bohemian Review, and unarmed.  He is also the author of boink!, an anti–memoir published by Lavender Ink, and Obstinate Midgets (flash fiction) published by Obscure Publications.  He lives in Boston.

was one of the original poets to appear on the HBO series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry.  His work has appeared in anthologies and other publications including The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, The Idiot’s Guide to Slam Poetry, Spoken Word Revolution, The Tampa Review, The Underwood Review, Taj Mahal Review, Cadillac Cicatrix, Spindle, The Whatever Literary Journal, and Paddlefish. He was once an Associate Editor of The Café Review.