CLAYTON ESHLEMAN (Indianapolis, 1935) poet and essayist is the author of some 30 books, including The Grindstone of Rapport/ A Clayton Eshleman Reader (Black Widow Press, 2008), Juniper Fuse: Upper Paleolithic Imagination & the Construction of the Underworld (Wesleyan University Press, 2003) and the translator of The Complete Poetry of Cesar Vallejo (University of California Press, 2007). He received the National Book Award in 1979 for his translations of the poetry of Cesar Vallejo. He was founding editor of the famous literary magazines Caterpillar (1967–73) and Sulfur (1981–2000). He lives with his wife Caryl in Ypsilanti, Michigan.