Ilze Duarte translates works by contemporary Brazilian authors and writes short stories of her own. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Milpitas, California. “Sea” is her first published literary translation.
Mara Naselli is an editor and writer. Her essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Fourth Genre, The Kenyon Review, Agni, Ninth Letter, The Hudson Review, and elsewhere. She writes about literature for 3 Quarks Daily (www.3quarksdaily.com).
