Robert Blyis the author of the groundbreakingNew York TimesbestsellerIron John, which launched the men's movement to national fame, as well as several collections of original poetry, most recently,The Night Abraham Called to the Stars- Poems. He has translated numerous poets into English, including Kabir, Pablo Neruda, Cesar Vallejo, Juan Ramon Jimenez, and Frederico Garcia Lorca. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jane Hirshfieldis the author of six collections of poetry, most recentlyAfter. In 2004, she was awarded the 70th Academy Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement by The Academy of American Poets. She is also editor and co-translator of two now-classic collections of women's poetry from the past,The Ink Dark Moon- Poems by Komachi and Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of JapanandWomen in Praise of the Sacred- 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.