Biography

PHAN NHIÊN HẠO was born in Kontum, Vietnam in 1967 and immigrated to the U.S. in 1991. He is the author of two collections of poetry in Vietnamese, Thiên Đường Chuông Giấy (Paradise of Paper Bells, 1998) and Chế Tạo Thơ Ca 99-04 (Manufacturing Poetry 99-04, 2004). He received a B.A. in Vietnamese Literature from the Teachers College in Saigon, and a B.A. in American Literature as well as a Masters in Library Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. His poetry, essays, criticism, and travel writing have been published in overseas Vietnamese literary journals such as Việt, Hợp Lưu, Văn, TC Thơ, Văn Học, and Văn Uyển, as well as in webzines such as the Sydney-based Tiền Vệ and the Berlin-based Talawas. His poetry has been featured in anthologies including Of Vietnam Identities in Dialogue (Palgrave, 2001), Three Vietnamese Poets (Tinfish, 2001), 26 Nhà Thơ Việt Nam Đương Đại / 26 Contemporary Vietnamese Poets (Tân Thư, 2002), and The Deluge: New Vietnamese Poetry (Chax Press, forthcoming). In 2006, Tupelo Press published a bilingual collection of his poetry, Night, Fish, and Charlie Parker, translated by Linh Dinh.

HAI-DANG PHAN was born in Vietnam and raised in Wisconsin. His translations of Vietnamese poetry have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including Anomalous, Asymptote, The Brooklyn Rail, and RHINO. His poetry has been published or is forthcoming in Lana Turner, NOÖ Journal, Drunken Boat, and elsewhere. He received a PhD in Literary Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is completing an MFA in poetry from the University of Florida. He currently lives in Iowa and teaches at Grinnell College.