Jason Sommer is the author of five books of poetry, including The Laughter of Adam and Eve and three in the Phoenix series: Portulans, Other People’s Troubles and The Man Who Sleeps in My Office. He has also published English versions of Irish language poems and two collaborative book-length translations of contemporary Chinese fiction. His poems have appeared in publications such as the New Republic, Ploughshares, Chicago Review, Agni, River Styx, and TriQuarterly, among others.