Erica Mena is a poet, translator, and book artist. She holds an MFA in poetry from Brown University, and an MFA in literary translation from the University of Iowa. Her book Featherbone is available from Ricochet Editions. Her translation of the Argentine graphic novel The Eternaut by H.G. Oesterheld and F. Solano Lopez is available with Fantagraphics. She is the Executive Director of the American Literary Translators Association, the Editor-in-Chief of Drunken Boat, and the Founding Editor of Anomalous Press. You can find her online at www.alluringlyshort.com.