Hernán Bravo Varela was born in Mexico City in 1979. He is the author of six poetry collections and three essay collections, as well as a translator. Bravo Varela is currently the editor of the Periódico de Poesía (Poetry Journal) at the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), and a member of Mexico’s National System of Artists (SNCA).
Robin Myers is a Mexico City-based translator and poet. Recent book-length translations include Lyric Poetry Is Dead by Ezequiel Zaidenwerg (Cardboard House Press), Empty Pool by Isabel Zapata (Editorial Argonáutica), Manca by Juana Adcock (Editorial Argonáutica), and Cars on Fire by Mónica Ramón Ríos (Open Letter Books).