Ghassan Nasr has translated The Journals of Sarab Affan: A Novel (Syracuse, 2007) by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra. He holds an MFA from the University of Arkansas and an MA and PhD from Indiana University. He is currently an assistant professor of English and modern languages at DePauw University.

Joseph Heithaus is chair of the English Department at DePauw University. He recently co-wrote Rivers, Rails, and Runways with a group of Indiana poets whose poems have been etched into the glass murals of artist Martin Donlin at the Indianapolis International Airport. His poems have appeared in a number of journals, including New York Quarterly, Southern Review, and Poetry.