(*, ) is a recent graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. His poems appeared in Colorado Review, Poetikon, SUPERMACHINE and I.D.I.O.T and are accepted by Fence. His chapbook 08 September 2009 was published by Factory Hollow Press, Amherst, MA. His translations of Tomaž Šalamun were published by Public Space, Poetry Review (UK), Fence, Jubilat, LIT, Poetry London, and elsewhere. His book Puberty was 2009 finalist for The Fence Poetry Series, he is currently spending his time in Slovenia on a Fulbright.
Michale Thomas Taren (*,) je pred kratkim končal Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Njegove pesmi so bile objavljene v Colorado Rewiev, Poetikon, Supermachine, I.D.I.O.T in so jih sprejeli pri Fence. Njegovo knjižico »08 September 2009« so objavili pri Factory Hollow Press, Amherst, MA (ZDA). Prevode Tomaža Šalamuna je objavil v Public Space, Poetry Review (UK), Fence, Jubilat, LIT, Poetry London in drugod. Njegova knjiga »Puberty« je bila finalistka v The Fence Poetry Series. Trenutno (2010) biva kot štipendist Fulbrightove fondacije v Sloveniji.