JOHNNY LORENZ, son of Brazilian immigrants, was born in
Newark, New Jersey, and was raised in Miami. In 2000, he received
his doctorate in English from the University of Texas at Austin.
He currently lives in New York City, and he is professor of English
at Montclair State University in New Jersey. As a scholar, he has
published work in journals such as Interventions and West
Coast Line and in anthologies such as Asian American Literature
in the International Context and Gloria Naylor: Strategy and
Technique, Magic and Myth. As a poet, he has published his work
in journals such as Terra Incognita, Borderlands, Filling Station,
Maquina do Mundo, and The Massachusetts Review. In 2003,
he was awarded a Fulbright grant to translate the poetry of the
Brazilian poet Mario Quintana and to conduct research at his archive.