Rimas Uzgiris is a poet, translator, editor, and critic. His work has appeared in various journals, and he edited and translated an anthology of new Lithuanian poets, How the Earth Carries Us (2015). He holds a PhD in philosophy and an MFA in creative writing. Recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Grant and a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowship, he teaches literature, translation, and creative writing at Vilnius University.