Kazim Ali: Poet, Translator, Novelist, Essayist

University at Albany 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Kazim Ali, UAlbany alum (B.A. ‘93, M.A. ’95), is an award-winning poet, translator, novelist, essayist, founder of the nonprofit press Nightboat Books, and Professor of Creative Writing at UC San Diego.

Novelist and Short Story Writer Lan Samantha Chang

The Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) 110 8th Street, Troy, NY, United States

Lan Samantha Chang is a prize-winning fiction writer and director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her most recent novel is "The Family Chao."