Yi Kyunglim, born in South Korea, first began publishing poems in the prestigious Korean literary journal Literature and Criticism. Her publications include poetry and essay collections: Looking for Connectives, Crossroads Even Here, A New Season Approaches: Devour It (English translation by Wolhee Choe and Robert E. Hawks) and Boxes.

Wolhee Choe, professor emerita of humanities at Polytechnic Institute of New York University, is also co-translator of Brief Songs of the Kisaeng: Courtesan Poetry of the Last Korean Dynasty, Day-Shine: Poems by Chong Hyun-jong and Windflower: Poems by Moon Chung-hee.

Robert E. Hawks, executive director of Hawks Publishing and author of two chapbooks of poetry, is also co-translator of Windflower: Poems by Moon Chung-hee.