ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many thanks to the editors of the following publications where these poems first appeared in the United States:

American Poetry Review, Poetry International, American Literary Review, West Branch, Borderlands, Visions International, and In Our Own Words—A Generation Defining Itself.

I am deeply thankful to the editors of BOA Editions and to Carolyn Forché, Adam Zagajewski, Tomaz Salamun, Li-Young Lee, Blue Flower Arts, Iowa’s International Writing Program (IWP), and Words Without Borders.