Ming Di (Mindy), is executive editor of Poetry East West, editor of New Cathay – Contemporary Chinese Poetry, cotranslator of Empty Chairs, and author of six books of poetry and four books of translation. She received the Henry Luce translation fellowships in 2013 and 2015.

Ellen Doré Watson is author of four books and a poet/translator. She directs the Poetry Center at Smith College and is poetry editor of Massachusetts Review. She has translated from Arabic, and published a dozen books from Portuguese, including the poems of Adélia Prado, supported by an NEA Translation Fellowship.

Gabriela Căprăroiu was born in Romania. She teaches Hispanic literature and translation at the University of La Verne in Southern California. She is translator of Lucian Blaga's La piedra habla. She has written articles on Lorca and Neruda. Currently she is at work on a critical edition of Spanish writer María Teresa León's travel memoir.

Mario Bojórquez, Mexican poet and translator, is the author of Pájaros sueltos, Contradanza de pie y de barro, Diván de Mouraria, Pretzels, and El deseo postergado. He received the National Poetry Award Enriqueta Ochoa, Clemencia Isaura, Aguascalientes, and Alhambra Prize of American Poetry in Spain.

Alí Calderón is a Mexican poet, translator, editor, and festival organizer, and winner of the National Poetry Award Ramón López Velarde. Author of several poetry books, he is founder of Círculo de Poesía, and he teaches Latin American literature.