John High is the author of several books, including Ceremonies,
Sometimes Survival, the lives of thomas-episodes and prayers,
and The Sasha Poems: A Book of Fables. He is the recipient
of numerous awards and fellowships, including three Fulbrights,
two National Endowments and poetry awards from the Witter
Bynner Foundation, Arts International, and Arts Link. The publication
in 1997 (excerpts from) The Sasha Poems met with extraordinary
critical acclaim, here and abroad. He is the editor of Crossing Centuries:
The New Russian Poetry (Talisman House). A founding editor of the Five Fingers Review,
he has also co-translated books of the Russian poets Nina Iskrenko, Aleksei Parshchikov and Ivan Zhdanov.