Andrei Codrescu

Andrei Codrescu:  was born in Sibiu, Romania, and emigrated to the United States in 1966.  He is the author of numerous books of poems, novels, and essays including Jealous Witness (2008), It Was Today (2003), and his debut, License to Carry a Gun (1970), which won the Big Table Poetry Award.  He founded Exquisite Corpse: a Journal of Books and Ideas.  He was a regular commentator on NPR’s All Things Considered.  He taught literature and poetry at Johns Hopkins.  His poetry explores themes of identity, exile, and transformation with bold irreverence.