Oscar Hahn was born in Cile in 1936. Two English translations of his poetry have appeared, the more recent of which is Stolen Verses & Other Poems (Northwestern, 2000).

James Hoggard, poet, novelist, essayist, and translator, has published 16 books, the most recent of which are Patterns of Illusions: Stories and a Novella (2002), Medea in Taos and Other Poems (2000), and Stolen Verses and Other Poems by Oscar Hahn: Translations (2000). A former NEA Fellow, he has won numerous awards. He teaches at Midwestern State University in Witchita Falls, Texas.

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Poets in this issue: Elena Karina Byrne, Chris Crittenden, Michelle Detorie, Malcom Farley, Nicole Johnson, Mia Leonin, Gerard Malanga, Ander Monson, G. Michael Palmer, Jillian Weise, Leopoldo Attolico, Emanuel di Pasquale, Caius Valerius Catullus, Michelle Auerbach, Luis Cernuda, Stephen Kessler, Guy Goffette, Marilyn Hacker, Oscar Hahn, James Hoggard, Takenishi Hiroko, Lawrence Rogers, Mario Moroni, Emanuel di Pasquale