Marjan Strojan is a poet and translator who has worked as a baggage carrier and load-sheet-man at an airport, a film critic in Ljubljana, and a journalist in London. Translations of his works have appeared in many languages. He has been awarded the Sovré Translation Prize and the France Preseren Foundation Prize for his translations. He lives in Slovenia. Sydney Lea is the former Poet Laureate of Vermont and the founder of the New England Review. He is the author of numerous titles including Ghost of Pain, A Little Wilderness, and Pursuit of a Wound. He lives in Newbury, Vermont.