has been translating Cardenal since 1970: With Walker in Nicaragua and Other Early Poems, 1949–1954 and From Nicaragua, With Love: Poems (1979–1986), among others.  He edited Cardenal’s Pluriverse: New and Selected Poems.  His translations of other major Latin American poets, including Enrique Lihn, Pedro Mir and Roque Dalton have been widely published.

was honored as 2006 Woman Writer of the Year by the National Association of Artists in her native Nicaragua, was a combatant for the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (Sandinista National Liberation Front) during the Sandinista Revolution, was the voice and program director of clandestine Radio Sandino during the final 1979 Sandinista offensive, and then became vice minister of culture for the new government.  Her most recent poetry collections are Tierra de Nadie, Tierra de Todos (Casa de Poesía, Costa Rica), and Fiel al corazón (Anama Ediciones, Nicaragua).  Collections of her work in English include The Violent Foam (Curbstone Press), and Riverbed of Memory (City Lights Books).

is an artist and poet who lives in San Francisco. Walking Theory ( Junction Press, 2007) is his most recent book.  Previous titles include Walking ( Junction Press), A Walk Toward Spicer (Cherry On the Top Press), an early abridged version of Sleeping With Sappho (Faux eBooks), and Triggers (Shearsman eBooks).  Recent poems will have appeared in Vanitas, New American Writing, Volt, Crayon, 26, Masthead, Onedit, and The Hamilton Stone Review.