Poet, translator, and editor Peter Covino is associate professor of English at the University of Rhode Island, and author of the poetry collections, The Right Place to Jump (2012); and Cut Off the Ears of Winter (2005) both from W. Michigan University Press. His prizes include a 2019 NEA Translation Fellowship and the PEN American / Osterweil Award. He is one of the founding editors of Barrow Street Press Inc., and Poetry Editor of VIA.