is the author of the novel, The Tin Angel (Wm. Morrow, 1983) and the memoir, My Brother’s Madness (Curbstone, 2007).  His seventh book of poems, Last Call at the Tin Palace is just out from Marsh Hawk Press.  He is grateful to have had the guiding touch of Hardie St. Martin and David Unger in translating Nicanor Parra and Roque Dalton.

is the author of fourteen books of poetry, three collections of essays, and two–dozen volumes translated from ancient Greek, Latin, Estonian, Japanese, and Chinese.  He is the founding editor of Copper Canyon Press and the Director of Poets Against War.  His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages.  His most recent book, Measured by Stone, was published by Curbstone Press in 2007.

is the author of five books of poetry published in the United States and England, including The New World (Curbstone Press) and Sudden Dreams (Coffee House Press). A bilingual collection of his poetry, Espejo de la tierra/Earth’s Mirror, was recently published by Casa de Poesía, Costa Rica.  He translated The Violent Foam: New and Selected Poems, by Nicaraguan poet Daisy Zamora, and co–translated The Time Tree, poems by Vietnamese poet Huu Thinh (Curbstone Press).