Ammiel Alcalay is a poet, novelist, translator, essayist, critic, and scholar whose over 20 books include After Jews and Arabs, Memories of Our Future, a little history, and the forthcoming CONTROLLED DEMOLITION: a work in four books, and Follow the Person: Archival Encounters. His co-translation of Palestinian poet Nasser Rabah’s Gaza: The Poem Said Its Piece, is due out in early 2025. He received an American Book Award for his work as founder and General Editor of Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative.