GEORGE KOVALENKO is a poet, critic, and translator. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in such venues as The American Poetry Review, The Cincinnati Review, Copper Nickel, and Lana Turner. He has received support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Leo Baeck Institute, and the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. He holds an M.F.A. from New York University and is a Ph.D. Candidate and Clemens Fellow in the Department of English & Literary Arts at the University of Denver, where he served as Poetry Editor for Denver Quarterly. He lives in New York City.