Trained as a doctor, she lives in Algiers where she is now devoting herself exclusively to writing. Anna Moschovakis is a writer, translator, and educator who also edits books with Ugly Duckling Press. Pierre Joris' recent publications include Barzakh: Poems 2000-2012 (Black Widow Press) & Breathturn into Timestead: The Collected Later Poetry of Paul Celan (FSG). Omar Berrada is a writer and translator, and the director of Dar al-Ma'mûn, a library and artists' residency in Marrakech.