Chengru He is the author of  a poetry collection M O月 N  (FVE/Parlor) and a hybrid memoir I Would Vanish into Its Stronger Existence (Wet Cement); the Chinese translator of two books. Her writing, creative translation, and multi-media works appear in Ancient Exchange, Colorado Review, Fence, Gulf Coast, Interim, The Kenyon Review, among others. A former EFL teacher, she is currently based in Salt Lake City, where she is a PhD candidate in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Utah.