Ed Bok Lee is the author of three books of poetry and prose, Real Karaoke People, Whorled, and Mitochondrial Night, as well as numerous short stories, plays, and essays. 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. As a literary translator, he is a recipient of the 49th Modern Korean Literature Translation Grand Prize in Poetry. Lee attended kindergarten in Seoul, South Korea, studied and worked variously while attending university (at Minnesota, Yonsei (Seoul), Al-Farabi Kazakh National, Indiana, Berkeley, and Brown). With a background in journalism and political theater, he is an associate professor at Metro State University, and for over two decades has also taught international poetry in youth centers, prisons, public libraries, and many other programs around the nation and beyond.