Xu Xi is author of nine books of fiction & essays. Recent titles are Access Thirteen Tales and the novel Habit of a Foreign Sky, a finalist for the Man Asian Literary Award. She is currently Writer-in-Residence at City University of Hong Kong where she directs an international, low-residency MFA.

Sean Nevin is the author of Oblivio Gate and A House That Falls. His honors include a Literature Fellowship from the NEA, the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Prize, and two fellowships from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. He directs Drew University’s MFA in Poetry & Poetry in Translation Program.