Quamrul Hassan is an MFA Candidate at the University of Arkansas’s Program in Creative Writing and Translation. His poems and translations have been published or forthcoming in Agni, The Los Angeles Review, Asahi Shimbun, Usawa Literary Review, The Daily Star, Mainichi Daily News, Prachya Review, The Heron’s Nest and Blithe Spirit. He has two books of haiku to his credit—Spring Moon (2011) and Hyaku Haiku (2016). Quamrul is now heavily invested in translating contemporary Bangladeshi poetry and short stories besides working on his debut novel.