Dagmar Nick is the author of seven books of poetry, numerous radio plays, essays, and translations. Her honors and awards include the Eichendorff Prize and the Roswitha-von-Gandersheim Medal for Literature.

Jim Barnes is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently Paris (University of Illinois Press). He has also translated two volumes of Dagmar Nick's poetry, Summons and Sign (Charitan Review Press) and Numbered Days (New Odyssey Press). He edits Charitan Review and teaches at Truman State University.

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In this issue: Stan Sanvel Rubin, Roger Kurtz, Zee Edgell, Francisco Segovia, John Oliver Simon, William Ospina, Humberto Ak'abal, Jose de Jesus Martinez, Jorge Arturo, Jose Watanabe, Alejandro Nicotra, Paulina Vinderman, Federico Garcia Lorca, Carlos de Oliveira, Eugene Guillevic, Rene Char, Rolf Jacobsen, Helge Torvund, Dagmar Nick, Rainer Maria Rilke, Halina Poswiatowska, Carmelia Leonte, Horace, Yannis Ritsos, Yiorgos Chouliaras, Leonty Taragupta, Yuri Vaella