He is the founding editor of Crossings, and has published in boundary 2 and Janus Head. He is currently at work on a book entitled Land and Empire. Syed Manzurul Islam is a senior lecturer in English and Modern Studies at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. He is the author of The Ethics of Travel: from Marco Polo to Kafka( MUP '96) and a collection of short stories The Mapmakes of Spitalfields (Peepal Tree Press '97). He also has written articles on postcolonial topics for British journals such as: Textual Practice, New Formations, Literature & History, and Intervention. Currently he is finishing a novel entitled Burrowing the Stepland.