Denis Mair (translator) holds an M.A. in Chinese from Ohio State University and has taught at the University of Pennsylvania. He has translated the autobiographies of the philosopher Feng Youlan and the Buddhist monk Shih Chen Hua. His translation of the art criticism of Zhu Zhu was published by Hunan Fine Arts Press (2009). He has translated poetry by Jidi Majia, Yan Li, Mai Cheng, Meng Lang, and many others.

Eleanor Goodman (Gu Ailing) (translator) is a Research Associate at the Harvard Fairbank Center. Her book of translations, Something Crosses My Mind: Selected Poems of Wang Xiaoni (Zephyr Press, 2014) was the recipient of a 2013 PEN/Heim Translation Grant and winner of the 2015 Lucien Stryk Prize. The book was also shortlisted for the International Griffin Prize in 2015. A collection of her own poetry, Nine Dragon Island, was shortlisted for the Drunken Boat First Book Prize.

Art by Jidi Majia