Mike Smith has published three collections of poetry, including Multiverse, a collection of two anagrammatic cycles. His translation of the first part of Goethe's Faust was published by Shearsman Books in 2012, and he is co-editor of the anthology, The Mint's Invitation: Contemporary Chinese Short-Shorts in Translation (Columbia University Press). Together with software engineer Brandon Nelson, Smith created and curated The Zombie Poetry Project. He lives in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, in Cleveland, MI.