Ed Bok Lee is the author of three books of poetry and prose, including Whorled, and Mitochondrial Night, as well as short stories, essays, and plays. Lee’s poetry has been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, Korean, and Chinese. Honors include an American Book Award, an Asian American Literary Award (Members’ Choice Award), a Minnesota Book Award, and a PEN/Open Book Award, among others. Lee attended kindergarten in Seoul, and studied and worked while attending university (at Minnesota, Yonsei (Seoul), Al-Farabi Kazakh National, Indiana, Berkeley, and Brown). With a background in local journalism and political theater, he is an associate professor at Metro State University in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and for over two decades has also translated literature and organized programming and taught in youth centers, prisons, public libraries, and other programs around the nation and beyond.