Rosmarie Waldrop was bornin Germany and has lived in theUnited States since 1958. The author and translator of dozens ofbooks of poetry, fiction, and criticism, she is the co-founder and co-publisher of Burning Deck Press.Waldrop's many honors includebeing named a Chevalier des Artset des Lettres, fellowships from theNEA, the Fund for Poetry, and theLila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award. In 2006 she was electedto the American Academy of Artsand Sciences.David G. Gutierrez is professor of history at the University of California, San Diego.